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Re: Binaries: ARC vs PKARC vs ZOO

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From: Forrest Gehrke
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 17:23
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In article <230@unsvax.UUCP>, tlhingan@unsvax.UUCP (Eugene Tramaglino) writes:
> 
> Personal Note: I cannot stand pkarc.  I prefer ARC's one (1) program
> that does the job just as well.  I don't like invoking different
> commands to 'v' an archive and 'e' an archive.

Apparently you have not had the boredom of waiting for a couple dozen
small files being archived by SEA's ARC--it's almost like watching
paint dry.  PKARC does it at least 5 times faster.

Forrest Gehrke
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Message-ID: <24494@clyde.ATT.COM>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!feg
References: <23699@clyde.ATT.COM> <1805@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1685@polyslo.UUCP> <230@unsvax.UUCP>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!feg
From: feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Binaries: ARC vs PKARC vs ZOO
Summary: It depends on how long you sit
Message-ID: <24494@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 88 17:23:46 GMT
References: <23699@clyde.ATT.COM> <1805@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1685@polyslo.UUCP> <230@unsvax.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany NJ
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