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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci)
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- Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
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- Date: 20 Jan 93 23:16:48 GMT
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- In article <SCT.93Jan18171235@barley.dcs.ed.ac.uk> sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie) writes:
- >From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie)
- >Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
- >Date: 18 Jan 93 17:12:35 GMT
-
- >> francis@ac.dal.ca writes:
- >> Well, here are the results of my preliminary test of PKZip 2.04c and
- >> how it compares to ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 1.10.
-
- >> ...
-
- >> Also note that PKZip 2.04 on the -en "normal" mode STILL gets better
- >> compression than ARJ -m1 and does so in two-thirds the time.
-
- >OK, but for fair comparison, shouldn't you be using the BEST
- >compression option for arj?
-
- No. -en is not the BEST compression of pkzip, -ex is. -en is the middle
- level.
-
- >ARJ -jm1 is better that ARJ -m1 (at least on my copy of arj, which is
- >over two years old). I have a 486/33, so the (significantly) greater
- >compression times for ARJ are still tolerable; the better compression
- >(with -jm1) and the multiple volume and auto-verify options make ARJ a
- >winner.
-
- Depends on who you are. I frequently compress files of 25 to 40 MB, and
- time is money.
-
- >Mind you, I haven't tested PKZip 2.04c yet, so I don't know whether or
- >not ARJ -jm1 will actually win. But it's worth trying, at least.
-
- It doesn't.
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