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Archive Comparison Table.

This table contains comparisons between
46 different archiving programs. Using
5 different data sets for the testing.

All Users: Please read QUESTION.TXT
New Users: Please read README.TXT
Old Users: Please read CHANGES.TXT
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actest43.zip 146760 Archive Comparison Test, Jeff Gilchrist
ain22.zip 101648
AIN archiver v2.2
Full-featured archiver AIN, the extracting
utility AINEXT and the EXE-files compressor
AINEXE. Compression/extraction methods used
in the AIN archiver excels noticeably those
used in any well-known archivers, such as ARJ,
LHA and PKZIP, in both the compression rate
and the performance. SHAREWARE. Register via
CompuServe's "GO SWREG" (Id: 2913)
Transas Marine (UK) LTD.
26/06/94

ar002.zip 27800 Compression archiver with C source, no wildcards, H.Okumura
arc602.exe 138538 SEA's un/packing system for .arc files (self-extr.)
arce40g.zip 9397 Arce v4.0g; V. Buerg's fast extraction pgm
arj284.exe 483976 Arj self-extracting file archiver, ARJ Software, Inc.
booz20.zip 31166 Zoo v2.10 extractor + sources for .zoo files
codec31.zip 82598 COmpressor/DECompressor from Italy
compack.zip 6764 Combine short COM files
crush18.zip 69880
CRUSH v1.8 Super-compressor for DOS.
Fed up with limited compression performance
of Stacker, PKZIP, UC2, ZOO, ARJ and LHA?
CRUSH will usually give 5%-50% improved
compression over any other DOS compression
tool, & yet allows the user to continue using
the archiver already in use. CRUSH is fast &
the ideal choice for users keen to save disk
space. PocketD v4.1 compat. New: no 1000 file
limit

dese2b10.zip 6551 Reverse of SCRNCH's SCRE2B com to exe conv, B.Boldizsar
dwc-a501.exe 90112 Quite competitive with pkzip (although older)
ext-pc.zip 32204 Extract Compact Pro (Mac: .cpt) archives
ha098.zip 28404 Very efficient and slow archiver for .ha files, Harri Hirvola
hap305bp.com 27651 Hamarsoft HAP archiver selfextract-release+info, H.Feldmann
hold116e.zip 58003 Small archiving program using LZH, J.Turin
hpack78.zip 114041 HPACK - Multi-System Archiver, Peter Gutmann (great idea)
hyper25.zip 22889 Hyper v2.5 - pack utility (quite capable)
jam125sw.zip 209717 JAM Real-Time Data Compression Utilities
jrc110.zip 85609
JRCHIVE 1.10 - JRchive is a program for
compressing and storing files in an archive.
It has a "concatenated archive" option that
puts the files in the archive first, then
compresses it for better compression ratios.
Archives and the file extraction program may
be distributed without royalty and you may
also create royalty-free self-extracting
archives - For all IBM PCs and compatibles.
From JAYAR Systems. $29.00
lha255e.exe 65704 MS-DOS .lzh files compression/extraction utility, H.Ozawa
limit12.zip 30607
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ÛLIMIT version 1.2 -- Data CompressionÛ
ÛArchive utility LIMIT is a fast andÛ
Ûcompact data compressor/archiver. TheÛ
Ûcompression & decompression routinesÛ
Ûhave been written entirely in 80286Û
Ûassembly, so it runs faster than manyÛ
Ûother archivers. LIMIT also compressesÛ
Ûbetter than other archivers; it uses aÛ
Ûcompression method based on 32KÛ
Ûsliding window dictionary plus huffmanÛ
Ûencoding similar to LHA/PKZIP/ARJ, butÛ
Ûwith some improvments. Û
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looz212.zoo 16862 Looz v2.12 (rev Aug 90); Extract/list zoo files
pak251.exe 103338 NoGate's PAK file compression utility v2.51 (self-extr.)
pk250dos.exe 207394 PKWARE zip un/archiver, with long filename support
pk361.exe 119808 This packs and unpacks .arc files (self-extracting)
pkz204g.exe 202574 PKWARE's pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix, zip2exe for .zip
put334.zip 215573
PUT & GET 3.34 and INSTALL 3.34 from MicroFox
Company. BBS file name is PUT334.ZIP. PUT is
a command and/or menu driven compression and
archiving program. GET is the decompression
and unarchiving program that goes with it.
INSTALL is a utility you can use to install
program & files that were compressed by PUT.
Author: Jim Hass {STAR} [ASAD] Member.

quantum.zip 168003 Quantum archive program v0.96 (alpha)
rarx350.exe 642910 RAR archive manager for DOS and OS/2, RARLAB
sar1.zip 24728 Streamline Archival Utility
sarj121.exe 36370 ARJ Solid archiving, General Unpack Shell, and more, F.Taes
scrnch02.zip 53029 Compress programs/text files (for display) in executable form
splint.zip 22863 Data compression/decompression pgm (Unix and PC) (C source)
sqpc131.zip 5175 V. Buerg's fast file squeezer, like NSQ
sqz1083e.exe 119203 SQUEEZE from Sweden. Compresses small. J.Hammarberg
uc2pro.exe 403884 UltraCompressor II archiver pro from AIP-NL, (N.Vries)
uc2r3.exe 245258 UltraCompressor II archiver from AIP-NL, (N.Vries)
ue.exe 99888 UltraExpander II: free expander for UC2 archives, N.Vries
unarj265.exe 97952 Unarj arj-packed files, ARJ Software, Inc.
unpackit.zip 16695 unPackit (Mac .pit) Packit file unpacker
unsit30.zip 16953 Uncompress Mac StuffIt (.sit) files
unstufit.zip 20044 unStufit (Mac .sit) StuffIt file unpacker
unz600x3.exe 354797 Info-ZIP's self-extracting unzipper including 32-bit
zcr23x.zip 362827 Info-ZIP's zip MS-DOS executables with encryption support
zcryp20x.zip 155675 Info-ZIP MS-DOS executables with encryption support, older
zip232x.zip 355335 Info-ZIP's portable MS-DOS zipper
zoo210.exe 73461 Zoo packing/unpacking facility from Rahul Dhesi
zoox2exe.exe 40062 Series of zoo archives limited by size (enh. v2.01)