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In article <exuptr.698.0@exu.ericsson.se>, exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan18.095526.12886@mfltd.co.uk> sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood) writes:
|> 
|> >Quite right, +/- 1% is irrelevant for most people, and arj is slow.  This is 
|> >something that the author should address.  ZIP is fast and it compresses well,
|> >but it is horribly full of bugs.  I can't even use it in a DOS window without
|> >adding -) on the end on the command line.  It's multi-volume (in)capabilty
|> >is pretty bad, and it is rather limited in functionality.
|> 
|> >All in all, functionality and freedom from bugs makes me use arj.  It is
|> >a pity that it is rather slow.  Ok.. Mr Robert K jung, if you are reading,
|> >this is this weeks chalange.
|> 
|> On the other hand, I could tolerate the slowness of arj if it were a windows 
|> app.
|> 
|> Mr. Jung has some speed to address, but PKWARE may address their bug 
|> problems also.  For some reason, the copy I got from them seems to be 
|> missing some of these bugs, but I'm also running a real straight setup.
|> 
|> You wouldn't be using QEMM by any chance?

My setup is simply DOS5.00, Himem.sys (as supplied with windows 3.1), and
smartdrv (again, as supplied with windows 3.1.  Probably the most basic
setup that most people will use for windows.  The fact that It crashes in
a DOS window on this level of machine setup, shows a distinct lack of
testing by pkware.

Steve

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