Re: Compression Utility

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From: Simon Carter
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:00

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Darren Drysdale wrote:
> What I am after is a Compression program (or backup program) which
> will take a file of several MB and place it on several disks.  It
> needs to have some sort of standalone executable file which will then
> decompress and join the files at the other end.  It needs to be
> standalone for ease of use at other end.

Most of the previous responses talk about PkZip. Despite PkWare's
advertising, it
does not provide the best compression, and its multiple volume support
_is_ abismal. 

For multiple volumes I always use Arj. It provides better compression
than
*zip and its multi-volume support is excellent. Also, it does not store
the
volume catalog on the last disk (a thoroughly brain-dead approach). If
you lose
any one of the series of disks (including the last one), you can still
extract most of the files (unlike PkZip where you lose the lot).

Simon
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From: Simon Carter <sac@tusc.com.au>
Subject: Re: Compression Utility
Date: 1996/11/15
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