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  2. Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
  3. Subject: Re: PKZIP 204
  4. Message-ID: <1993Jan7.230331.14923@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
  5. From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
  6. Date: 7 Jan 93 23:03:31 -0500
  7. References: <1993Jan6.053553.9663@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1igcgbINNiil@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1993Jan7.052513.2939@netcom.com> <1993Jan7.062312.8127@csus.edu>
  8. Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
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  11. In article <1993Jan7.062312.8127@csus.edu>, sphughes@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Shaun P. Hughes) writes:
  12. > Having just run a benchmark test with a 2,123 K archive I achieved the
  13. > following results.
  14. > 
  15. > PKZIP   2.04    495 K
  16. > LHA     2.13    505 K
  17. > ZOO     2.1     509 K
  18. > HPACK   0.78    465 K
  19. > 
  20. > The PKZIP program ran much faster than any of the others and it looks
  21. > like it is a fine product, and worth the wait. 
  22. > 
  23.  
  24. On the other hand, ARJ has been shown to beat out even the new PKZip on
  25. certain files.  Usually, however, the results either way (so far) have
  26. been negligible.
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  29. |  John Carmack                | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"  |
  30. |  Academic Computing Service  |             -Mad Hatter                |
  31. |  Miami University            |                                        |
  32. |  Oxford, Ohio                |                                        |
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