long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (01/01/91)
I prefer Compactor to Stuffit for at least one task: archiving my vast
collection of shareware/PD programs. For example, I have close to 2MB
(compressed) of INITs and CDEVs, stored on floppies. I used to have to break
them up across several floppies as INITs and CDEVs A-M, INITs and CDEVs N-Z,
etc.
With Compactor, I can create an archive that spans several floppies, and
easily add, extract, remove, or rename items to, from, or in the archive,
all without re-joining it all on my hard disk. To my knowledge, Stuffit
cannot do this.
Richard C. Long * long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
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* long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com hui@rhea.trl.oz (Alvaro Hui) (01/08/91)
long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > I prefer Compactor to Stuffit for at least one task: archiving my vast > collection of shareware/PD programs. For example, I have close to 2MB > (compressed) of INITs and CDEVs, stored on floppies. I used to have to break > them up across several floppies as INITs and CDEVs A-M, INITs and CDEVs N-Z, > etc. > With Compactor, I can create an archive that spans several floppies, and > easily add, extract, remove, or rename items to, from, or in the archive, > all without re-joining it all on my hard disk. To my knowledge, Stuffit > cannot do this. I prefer Compacter to Stuffit for another reason: It is very multifinder friendly! I had a Mac Plus (slowwww) at home but for the very first time enjoy "multitasking" on my machine with compacter running in the background while I write my thesis comfortuately in the foreground! Can Stuffit Deluxe 2.0 do that on a MacPlus? Alvaro, hui@trl.oz.au =============================================================================== Alvaro Hui |ACSnet, hui@rhea.trl.oz.au 4th Year B.E.\ B.Sc. |Internet & akkh@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU University of Melbourne |Arpanet rcoahk@koel.co.rmit.OZ.AU