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From: paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Archivers...BBS and Usenet
Message-ID: <1940@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 16:10:37 GMT
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Summary: not so here

In article <23149@cup.portal.com>, whirt@cup.portal.com (William Bill Hirt) writes:
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> assumptions based on their file history. And the ratio of ARC to other
> files now that I look at it is more like 4 to 1.

    That maybe true for YOUR system, BUT in and around the Calgary area
  Zoo files out number ALL others by about 10 to 1 (YES 10 to 1). These
  numbers are for Amiga BBSs ans Amiga sections on other BBSs.

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> One thing I notice is that most hacker/serious programs are packed with
> Zoo while most other stuff is packed with ARC. I think it reflects the
> background of the person doing the packing.

   I don't think you could be more wrong here.  We use Zoo because of 4
   reasons:
      1) FASTER then ARC
      2) 99% of the time it produces SMALLER archive files
      3) There is no BRAINDAMAGED 14 character filename length limitation
      4) Will do subdirectories and create them again when un-zooing

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> Bill
> whirt@cup.portal.com
> Sysop, Amiga Central BBS 150mb 1200/2400 (816) 587-5360 PCP: MOKCI
> Fidonet (1:280/304)


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