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Re: Deleting uncompressed Info/Doc files at upgrades



GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca (Peter S Galbraith)  wrote on 16.10.98 in <[🔎] 199810161432.KAA19398@mixing.qc.dfo.ca>:

>  - If you are using some docs often on a 486, you end up uncompressing them
>    because it's too slow otherwise.

I'm using a 486. Uncompressing text is "too slow"? Ridiculous.

On the other hand, I currently have about 16 GB of hard disk on this  
thing, and uncompressing docs is NOT a good idea because it costs way too  
much space even with 16 GB (as a rule, data grows to fill the available  
space).

MfG Kai


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