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Version Twenty Seven, Archive Comparison Table [30 December 1995]
[ACT\COMMENTS.TXT]
Here are my comments while creating this test:
AR This program will not accept wildcards, so archiving a whole
directory is not so easy.
ARI Very slow.
ARJ v2.42c (BETA_4 TEST release), there is a slight dis-improvement in
compression, and no real improvements in speed, just cosmetic
changes, with some new features.
BSArc I hope that I have used this program correctly, but the docs were
in Russian.
CRUSH Crush is not really an archiver, it's a bit like TAR, where is
just stores all the files in one big file, and then lets another
archiver do the work. Looks like you don't have to use UUC.EXE &
US.EXE now for UC2 useage with v1.8.
CODEC v3.21 This is now quicker when compressing but slightly slower to
decompress. The compression switches -0 to -10, now give slightly
different results than v3.10.
HA Very slow. But the latest beta version (v0.999b) is now even
quicker when extracting.
IZIP386 This works much better and quicker if QEMM is not loaded.
JARCHIVE Will not accept wildcards with directory paths.
LHARK The option -c5 does not work, and always gives CRC errors on
extraction.
LIMIT v1.2, seems to be slightly quicker when compressing, but slower
when extracting.
NULIB This program will not accept wildcards, so archiving a whole
directory is not so easy.
QUANTUM Quantum really disagrees with QEMM, and would only work with QEMM
unloaded.
QUARK The version I have has an english interface but Russian docs. Ok,
but insists on keeeping some of the file path.
RAR v1.55, this version, has improvements in speed, but again loses
this advantage due to even worse compression results.
SAR This does not like paths in the command line.
SARJ This program which creates solid archives using ARJ, is on a par
with CRUSH, using the maxim of 'tar before compress'.
SQWEZ This program now creates .SQZ files as well as self-extracting
files. Please note that this version of SQWEZ can have its
compression level altered, but you are unable to change this from
the command line.
UC This latest release (UC II r3 PRO) does have some minor
compression improvements, and now seems to be slightly quicker to
compress. The new SuperOptimize options doesn't seem to give that
much benefit for the time it takes and is not that consistent, but
make sure you compress with -tst before using the SuperOptimizer.
X1 Very good, keep an eye out for the final release, should knock the
spots of the other archivers. X1 is getting better and better,
and is going to be a headache for the other authors. Now includes
a manual.
YAC The latest version (1.02) is the first non beta copy, and on my
tests has a very small decrease on is overall performance. Apart
from that it is still a very competative product.