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From: Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: .arc Files On Simtel-20
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Date: 8 Feb 91 13:32:00 GMT
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In a message to All <05 Feb 91 04:43> Carl Schelin wrote:

 CS> Yo Greg, I tried sending you a message
 CS> but either you never got it (judging
 CS> by the posts) or you choose to ignore.
Never got it.  99% of the net mail directly to me it being lost right
now.  Try sending it to the "from" address at the beginning of the
message and see if that makes a differance.

 CS> Unfortunately, some of us don't have a news reader that will wrap long
 CS> lines. What you see above is all that I
Okay, I'm operating from a BBS, so I figured UFGATE changed the format
for me.  I'll use CR's on UseNet now.

 CS> I surely would like to know more about the .ARJ type of compression, but  CS> I didn't get all of your post.

Okay.  ARJ is a new type of comression which is much better than ZIP or 
LZH(1.13).  It is written in ANSI C, so it should be portable to just
about any decent computer.  ARJ also has more features that PkZip does.
ARJ 0.20-Beta is the latest release I've seen out for IBM's, but 1.00 is
supposed to be out soon, and much faster.

Also, there is a new LZH.  The archiver has changed from LhArc to LH.  It
gives about the equivilent compression of ARJ, but has fewer options.  The
latest version I've seen is 2.05 Beta with the Japanese help screens still
in place.  Hope that helps.


                                        Greg Smith





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