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Re: novice questions
> I guess I'm just not used to the speed of compression, because my fastest machine is only a Pentium 75mhz
> server running Warp Server and Linux, and my slowest PC is my 5150 IBM PC (4.77mhz), and I have grown
> accustomed to wait for PKZIP to take 5 minutes to compress what takes <30 secs. on my server. One
Programs like ZIP aren't really at issue here; I was talking about
on-the-fly programs like Superstore, Doublespace, Drivespace, etc.
BTW, some of these also have the advantage of not wasting space due to
sector quantization.
- David