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.PAK files.

    10-Dec-87 11:12:07
Sb: #97479-.PAK files.
Fm: Vince Macdonald 73347,647
To: John Draper 76703,4322
Larry, I don't know if the problem is peculiar to Montreal, but I've lost the phone line during a download more than once in the past, and expect that to happen again in the future. Obviously, the bigger the file, the less chance I have of a successful download. The .PAK format is great for new users, but what the rest of us want is an archive program that compresses *more* efficiently than .ARC. With Sculpt 3D, etc., we're starting the see .arc files up to about 500K in the DLs, and I don't dare try to download those! Count me as a vote AGAINST archive programs that produce bigger files than .ARC (including .PAK) and FOR any new archive program that gives us *smaller* files. Regards, Vince