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Re: PKZip > 1.1: Why bother?!?!

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From: Ricky ...suave... Stella
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 21:38
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J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:


>   What wonderful new advances are in the newer versions (1.93, 2.04, 3.05)
>of PKZip?  Better compression, perhaps?  How much better?  Or is it just a
>desire to have the "latest release" regardless of its impact (or potential
>impact)?

>   I'm confused.

Some of the new features of PKZip 2.04c are, supposedly much better
compression, faster compression, multiple volumes capabilities, support
for XMS/EMS, autodetect of CPU type, a minimized version of pkzip and unzip
that takes less memory (fewer options though)...

To make this clear, 1,93a was the alpha version.  3.05 does NOT exist, so
it's a hack. 2.04c IS released from PKWare and my best suggestion is to
get it directly from PKWare BBS at (414)354-8670




>Tim Irvin
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From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella)
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Subject: Re: PKZip > 1.1: Why bother?!?!
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