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From: kmcvay@onebdos.oneb.wimsey.bc.ca (Ken McVay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Which file compression utility?
Message-ID: <4705.27969048@onebdos.oneb.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 17 Jan 91 22:29:59 GMT
Organization: 1B Systems Management Limited, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada
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 > to use.   What I want is reliable compression, with
 > emphasis on reliable.  If you have a favourite, let me know,
 > either by posting or by email.  If I receive significant response

I use two with regularity:

PKZIP:      Superior speed and compression of ASCII text
LHARC:      Superior compression of mixed and BINARY files

....and, about a month ago, the introduction of ARJ, a new and 
even more efficient compression utility, came down the pike. ARJ 
not only offers ASCII and BINARY compression superior to either 
of the above, it's also (generally) faster than PKZIP.

If I had to stick with one, it would be ARJ. If that wasn't 
available, I'd use one of the other two listed above; the choice 
would depend upon which type of file was normally being archived.

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