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- PAK v2.50 by NoGate Consulting Registration $ 15.00
- UTIL SEP90 NOGATE PAK SDN COMPRESSION ARC ZIP ARCHIVE
- FILES: pak250.sdn
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- NOTE: PAK is the offical compression utility for SDNet/Works!
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- PAK is a utility to create and maintain file archives in
- compressed form. There are several advantages to compressing
- files. On a hard disk, most files are accessed
- infrequently. Reducing the size of these files allows more
- of them to remain on the hard disk, where they are more
- accessible than on a floppy in a file cabinet, and frees disk
- space for other use.
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- Backup is simpler, faster, and cheaper, since the files are
- smaller and organized into related groups.
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- Most importantly, compressed files take less time to transmit
- via modem, and time is money when the transmission is long
- distance, or to a service such as CompuServe. Even on local
- computer bulletin boards, reduced transmission time is an
- advantage.
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- PAK is intended as a replacement for ARC by System
- Enhancement Associates and PKARC and PKZIP by Philip Katz.
- While PAK is faster than ARC, speed is not the emphasis, and
- PAK does not attempt to compete with PKARC in this respect.
- However, PAK produces archive files that are consistently 50%
- to 90% of the size produced by either ARC, PKARC, or PKZIP
- 0.9 and supports files created by any of these programs.
- While PKZIP 1.0 files are roughly comparable in size to PAK
- files, PAK supports more archive formats and more features.
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- Finally, PAK is available in a full screen edition which is
- much easier to use than ARC, PKARC, or PKZIP, and in a
- programmer's toolkit for those who want data compression in
- their own programs.
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- Archive Files
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- PAK creates and modifies archive files, which have the .PAK,
- .ARC, or .ZIP extension. An archive file may contain one,
- two, or any number of compressed files. Files in an archive
- retain all of the information they had in the directory, such
- as name, size, and date. In addition, each file in an
- archive has a calculated CRC number, which assures the
- detection of damage after events such as file transmission
- via modem.
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- PAK 2.50 is the official archive program for distributing
- files through SDNet/Works!, the Shareware Distribution
- Network. PAK will automatically recognize files distributed
- by The SDN Project and SDNet/Works! (sm). The SDN Project
- and SDNet/Works! is a cooperation of BBS Sysops and
- not-for-profit.
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- SDN distributed files have the .SDN extension and a Security
- Envelope which protects them from viruses. PAK will
- automatically check the integrity of SDN files. If the
- archive has been altered in any way, PAK will alert you. If
- the archive is untouched, PAK will display a page of
- information about the author.
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- Shareware authors interested in this free distribution should
- contact The SDN Project BBS at 203-634-0370, 1200-9600HST
- baud, 8-N-1.
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- (SDA format (c)Copyright 1990 The SDN Project - SDNet/Works!)
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