[Info-vax] VMS V8.4 (IA64) v. Non-directory file named fred.DIR; 1

glen herrmannsfeldt gah at ugcs.caltech.edu
Thu May 3 00:10:34 EDT 2012


Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote:

(snip)

>   A casual observer might wonder why this DVD image file was
> not compressed.  Knocking 40% to 50% off 4GB could save a few
> people some considerable download time.

Not only isn't it compressed (which often doesn't help much),
but seems to be padded out ot 4GB. It isn't likely to accidentally
come out exactly 4GB.

-- glen



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