Re: [NTLK] "New" MP2.1K

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_mac.com)
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 00:17:31 EST


on 4/5/02 8:46 PM, Will Hartung at willh_at_msoft.com wrote:

> I was STUNNED to find that the package it created was about 850K for a 350K
> text!!!! Egads!
>
> Is there a more efficient way of making Newt books?

Unfortunately, because Newton uses Unicode, all characters are two-byte
characters, and therefore take twice the memory. Somehow, however, the
Newton can compress much, if not most of that out, so the package will be
smaller on your Newt. I don't know how much, however. Load it and see. :-)

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