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echo: locsysop
to: Frank Malcolm
from: Rod Speed
date: 1995-02-20 19:02:16
subject: bink delays

BG> I've been using ZIP and UNZIP for a couple of years now, and
BG> they really ar bullet-proof, but unless you run OS/2, I can
BG> see no real advantage in using anything other than the DOS
BG> versions of PKZIP and PKUNZIP 2.04g.  Presumabl you knew
BG> that versions prior to 2.04g were extremely buggy?

FM> Yes, well the 2.something ones were, anyway. I thought I'd
FM> said that, maybe it was in another message. 1.93alpha appears
FM> to have only one bug that I've found, and it's not critical.

BG> I read too many bad things about 1.93a and all incarnations of
BG> 2.04n prior to the G rev. to even bother trying them.  2.04g has
BG> always proved to be extremely stable and backwardly compatible here.

FM> I never heard anything bad about 1.93a, and tested it extensively
FM> before relying on it. The 2.04n * Origin: afswlw rjfilepwq (3:711/934.2)
SEEN-BY: 711/934
@PATH: 711/934

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