chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) (03/31/91)
Hi there everyone, Recently, I learnt of a new compression program for IBM PCs. This new program goes by the name of ARJ and the latest version is 1.10. It's currently only available for the IBM PC but from the .doc file, it seems that a UNIX version (simplified) will be released in late 91. ARJ seems really good. It has a lot of commands that PKZIP and LHA left out, like stuff for sorting files in archives etc... There are a lot of extra commands and here comes the good part, it is supposed to compress BEST, equal to LHA 2.10 and is slightly faster. It gives compression that is definitely better than PKZIP and all the others. Yours truly, Kev
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/31/91)
In article <1991Mar31.052051.9001@en.ecn.purdue.edu> chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) writes: : >Recently, I learnt of a new compression program for IBM PCs. This new program >goes by the name of ARJ and the latest version is 1.10. It's currently : >It gives compression that is definitely better than PKZIP and all the others. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ yes ????? Have you made a comparison with /pc/pd2/lha211.exe? ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) (04/02/91)
In article <1991Mar31.142053.7487@uwasa.fi>, ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: > In article <1991Mar31.052051.9001@en.ecn.purdue.edu> chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) writes: > >It gives compression that is definitely better than PKZIP and all the others. > ^^^^^ ^^^^^ > yes ????? > > Have you made a comparison with /pc/pd2/lha211.exe? > ................................................................... Hi there, I haven't really tested and compared the 2 programs myself, but the .doc file for ARJ 1.10 claims that it compresses as well as LHA 2.10... Actually, I wasn't aware that LHA 2.11 had been released already, but based on the differences described in the LHA 2.11 doc file, there is no major difference between 2.10 and 2.11. 2.11 only corrects a few bugs; there is no difference in compression. I just meant to let the guys on the net know about the possibility of having a new archiver by the end of this year... Yours truly, Kev
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (04/02/91)
In article <1991Apr1.170627.1888@en.ecn.purdue.edu> chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) writes: : >I wasn't aware that LHA 2.11 had been released already, but based on the >differences described in the LHA 2.11 doc file, there is no major difference >between 2.10 and 2.11. 2.11 only corrects a few bugs; there is no difference >in compression. That's right. It seems to be a bug fix only. Oh yes, for general information how to get these goods in case someone does not know: The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply. Contact your system manager for devicing a proper mail path for you, because unless you do, you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway. If you are in North America first consider using an ftp site near you to spare the overseas load.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Mar31.052051.9001@en.ecn.purdue.edu> chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) writes: > >Hi there everyone, > >Recently, I learnt of a new compression program for IBM PCs. This new program >goes by the name of ARJ and the latest version is 1.10. It's currently >only available for the IBM PC but from the .doc file, it seems that a UNIX >version (simplified) will be released in late 91. ARJ seems really good. >It has a lot of commands that PKZIP and LHA left out, like stuff for sorting >files in archives etc... There are a lot of extra commands and here comes >the good part, it is supposed to compress BEST, equal to LHA 2.10 and is >slightly faster. It does have many nice extra options (such as the multi-volume packed file). However, it is not faster than LHA 2.1x. It's about half the speed. It is faster than LHA 2.1x if you use less compression, but then it is slower than ZIP and doesn't compress as well. >It gives compression that is definitely better than PKZIP and all the others. It compresses better than PKZIP, but LHA 2.1x beats it on about 9 out of 10 files. Regardless, the results of the two are very close.