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Re: PKZIP vs ARJ. was Re: PKZIP 2.04c

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From: Ron Dippold
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:50
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robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt) writes:
>If only ARJ wasn't so slow...

Find ARJ 2.39b, it's at garbo.uwasa.fi in /pc/arcers/arj239b.exe.
It's almost the speed of PKZIP.  Or, if you want PKZIP compatability
and compression (but not speed), find Info-Zip.
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Subject: Re: PKZIP vs ARJ. was Re: PKZIP 2.04c
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