some additional info:

Poser uses double precision binaries internally, the Poser file format is ascii text. So when using the external binaries, you save yourself the massive translation work and output stream of internal binaries to external ascii, and also the enormous blow up on file size when representing those 16-bit or so binaries to so-many ascii characters.

The Poser file itself can be saved in compressed format, which actually puts a zip-envelope around the original file. You can open the pzz if you wish with any zip-reading tool, and you'll find the poser file - without extention - in it. Just in case.

A third route - at least for Windows users - is to switch on compressed mode for folders (or the whole disk) where you save your scene files. Do not compress the swap-disk-space though, and do mind that some emergency-disk-repair tools can't handle the compressed mode.

have fun

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