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- From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: Latest PKZIP.
- Message-ID: <3301@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 14:36:13 GMT
- References: <BYA=qN#@engin.umich.edu>
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht
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- In <BYA=qN#@engin.umich.edu> ganesha@statler.engin.umich.edu (khurt lef williams) writes:
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- > Anyone know where I can find the latest version of PKZIP? I belive its version 2.0.
-
- The latest official PKZIP is (stil) version 1.1. Version PKZIP 2.0 should
- be comming soon (tm). There is a PKZIP 1.93 alpha version but this one
- is buggy and PKWARE advices not to use it for serious work.
-
- There are three major alternatives available currently. ARJ 2.30 (little
- slower, comparable compression, more features, free for private use) and
- InfoZIP 1.9, InfoUNZIP 5.0. These are portable PKZIP clones which are compatible
- with PKZIP 1.1, PKZIP 1.93a and PKZIP 2.0 (according to PKWARE). Info is
- freeware which as bonus is portable to UNIX, Mac, etc. Also ZOO is
- interesting as the leading free portable archiver for OS/2 and UNIX.
-
- > -Khurt
-
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