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- From: esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle)
- Subject: Re: PKZip > 1.1: Why bother?!?!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.193032.14872@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
- References: <93006.36581.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> <Jan.6.16.38.25.1993.25219@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:30:32 GMT
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- In article <Jan.6.16.38.25.1993.25219@gandalf.rutgers.edu> stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella) writes:
- >J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >
- >
- >> What wonderful new advances are in the newer versions (1.93, 2.04, 3.05)
- >>of PKZip? Better compression, perhaps? How much better? Or is it just a
- >>desire to have the "latest release" regardless of its impact (or potential
- >>impact)?
- >
- >Some of the new features of PKZip 2.04c are, supposedly much better
- >compression, faster compression, multiple volumes capabilities, support
- >for XMS/EMS, autodetect of CPU type, a minimized version of pkzip and unzip
- >that takes less memory (fewer options though)...
-
- I haven't had 2.04c very long, but it has so far gotten better AND faster
- compression over 1.1 AND over arj2.30. I started using arj because it did the
- multiple volumes and got better compression, never did actually see which was
- faster though. But now I find that pkware has released something that does
- compete with the options of arj. Arj doesn't give the AV check that pkzip
- does, but I don't use it because I only use it to archive my backup software.
-
- Ed
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