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In article <Jan.6.16.38.25.1993.25219@gandalf.rutgers.edu> stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella) writes:
>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)?
>
>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)...

  I haven't had 2.04c very long, but it has so far gotten better AND faster
compression over 1.1 AND over arj2.30.  I started using arj because it did the
multiple volumes and got better compression, never did actually see which was
faster though.  But now I find that pkware has released something that does
compete with the options of arj.  Arj doesn't give the AV check that pkzip
does, but I don't use it because I only use it to archive my backup software.

Ed