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From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Looking for compress that works from disk.
Message-ID: <3769@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jul 88 16:14:16 GMT
References: <757@leah.Albany.Edu>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
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In article <757@leah.Albany.Edu> rmb384@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert M. Bownes III) writes:
>	Some time ago, soeone mentioned having converted compress to
>work to/from disk instead of memory. I'd like a copy if someone has one around.
>Thanks,
>		Bob

i think you are refering to postings of mine.  i did get it to sort of
work.  however, the speed was so slow as to be worthless.  i hate to suggest
you buy more memory, but if you want a compress which can do it's work
in your lifetime, that may be the only solution.

- john.
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