Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Compression on Unix machines Message-ID: <1991Mar26.033302.17509@qualcomm.com> Date: 26 Mar 91 03:33:02 GMT References: Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 12 In article mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes: >My compresser of choice is LHarc. It gives very tight compression, and is >available for Unix, Amigas, and PClones (I don't know what's out for the Mac). >The only drawback of LHarc is that it is slow. Both Zoo and Arc are also >available for Unix, Amigas, and PClones, but neither compresses nearly as >well as LHarc. The new LHARC is out for the PC, version 2.11, and it is quite amazing. It is about as fast as PKZIP (although still slightly slower), but has much better compression, usually on the order of %20-%10 percent on typical files I've compressed with it. In addition, it should be available soon on other systems.