Vertrauen Archiving and compressing programs

-----< Archive Comparison Table >------ This ZIP file contains all the results and any other information about the 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 -------< Version 27 - 30/12/95 >-------

***** A.C.T. - February 1998 ****** Archive Comparison Test A.C.T. is a monthly report comparing 102 different compression programs (archivers) for speed and ability to compress files. The archivers are tested on TXT, EXE, 669, BMP and multiple files. It also includes a checklist of special features some archivers can perform and the e-mail addresses of the authors. Author : JEFF GILCHRIST Internet: jeffg@nbnet.nb.ca ************************************

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

LHA Ver 2.55E English version (Free soft) MS-DOS file compression/extraction utility. Copyright(C) Haruyasu Yoshizaki Email: SDI00506@niftyserve.or.jp pcs02846@asciinet.or.jp FEM12376@pcvan.or.jp English Document by: Hitoshi Ozawa Email: h_ozawa@bekkoame.or.jp Homepage:http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~h_ozawa/

MSXiE (tm) High-Performance Archiver 1.40 Pro -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- High Data Compressing XiE Archiver, up to 77% Better Compression. Cool Colours Interface. Our compression ratio can compare with others RAR, ARJ, UC2, ZIP, UC2, LHA, ARC, SQZ, etc.. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * Highest Multimedia Compression * FREE UnXiE Quick Extracter Utility - Fixed 1.30 Beta Signature Error - Fixed Directory Creates with "\" * Supported with MSCiC Edition 5 and 6 + Added Errorlevels For Status Returns -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (C)Copyright 1997 Mercury Soft Technology Inc.

Portable tar v3.20g - DOS/UNIX backup/ compressor w/hardware support. The utility allows extract from/write to archives in files, floppies or QIC-02 and ASPI-driven SCSI streamers in both regular 'tar' format and compressed by (g)zip or 'compress'. Program reads both System V and GNU multyvolume formats, supplies compression and number of other options. Easy way to transfer data between different OSes!

UNTGZ .tgz (tar.gzip) Extractor v0.95 THE solution for extracting .tar and gzip archives. Directly extracts .tgz .tar .gz files. Fast and easy. Features automatic long filename conversion. Includes: DOS, DOS 386+, 32-bit Windows 95/NT and also a native OS/2 EXE. Also includes complete C source! [E] GNU software: copyrighted but absolutely free. By Tillmann Steinbrecher

Info-ZIP's UnZip 5.31: DOS exes & docs Contains documentation and generic (16- bit) MS-DOS executables for: UnZip (portable ZIP archive extractor; ZipInfo built in) UnZipSFX (self-extractor stub: prepend to zipfiles) fUnZip (filter UnZip: use with pipes) This is FREE (but copyrighted) software. See COPYING for details on distribution.

Info-ZIP's UnZip 5.31: DOS exes & docs Contains documentation and executables: 16- and 32-bit UnZip (portable ZIP archive extractor; ZipInfo built in) 16-bit UnZipSFX (self-extractor stub: prepend to zipfiles) 16-bit fUnZip (filter UnZip: use with pipes) This is FREE (but copyrighted) software. See COPYING for details on distribution.

Info-ZIP's UnZip 5.32: generic C sources Complete C source code for Info-ZIP's PKUNZIP-compatible .zip extractor, for all supported compilers and platforms (Unix, OS/2, MS-DOS, NT, VMS, Amiga, Atari, Mac, Acorn, VM/CMS, etc.), plus lots of pretty decent documentation. This is FREE (but copyrighted) software. See COPYING for details on distribution and reuse.