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      I've got a very large file (63.4 megs uncompressed) to upload/send via AIM to a friend who is using a PC, same as me. This file should remain in as intact as possible. What's your recommendation for compression. Also, why does the file get bigger the more you compress it?

      ~Ace 😄

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      Seeing as he's on a pc I would recommend .zip compression. You can do that with stuffit expander. There is an option is the preferences.

      As to the file getting bigger the more times you compress it, that because you can only compress things so much, and that happens in the first compression. After that, the compression technique justs keeps adding layers of its file type (or something like that) to the file and therefore the file just gets begger and bigger.

      Dont worry about it, just compress that file once.

      Also I think that (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=64&SUBMIT;=Go")Just Tech(/url) would have been a better choice of board for this question

      ewan

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      (This message has been edited by Jules (edited 02-13-2003).)

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      Thanks for the info, Jules! It comes out to around 64 megs. I suppose it would be better sent over AIM. Just gotta get together with him on time and all.

      ~Ace 😄

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