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- From: isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE)
- Subject: Re: AutoArk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.103109.13387@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:31:09 GMT
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- Lim Thye Chean (ltchean@iss.nus.sg) wrote:
- :
- : : Random numbers:
- : : - MODs were compressing by 20% (went from 11.9MB to 9.4MB)
- : : - TrueType fonts were compressing by 25%
- :
- : I think AA performs better than these (in case of MOD songs... am I right,
- : DOTW?)
- :
- Errr....I'm afraid not quite. :) I just checked my directory
- and MODs generally get compressed by about 20% by AutoArk too. So HP
- and AA seem to equally efficient on MODs.
- But I think I know what you're referring to. It's the
- SoundSmith songs that get compressed by a lot --- around 80% and more in
- general. I was able to save a great many megabytes by compressing all
- my SS song files.
-
- : : --
- : : fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
- : : [ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]
- :
- : --
- : %% GS Lover Loves GS %% Author of Super Magic 3 & Mandelbrot II GS
- : %% and Avatar too. %%
- : Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
- : My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129
-
- - DOTW -
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