Hello All!
Some of you know that I am very excited about Robert Jung's (ARJ) new JAR 
compressor fow DOS and for Windows 95 / NT.  Take a close look at the results 
below; you might be VERY suprised with the results :-)
Cheers, Hans
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* Forwarded by Hans Mangold (1:353/710)
* Area : NETMAIL (NETMAIL)
* From : Hans Mangold, 1:353/710 (15 Feb 97 03:18)
* To   : Dale Ross
* Subj : JAR
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Hello Dale!
Here's something interesting about the new JAR (Windows 95/NT) and how it 
works:
a) here are the files I archived:
BOFAQ601 TXT        13,206  01-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ602 TXT        13,162  02-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ603 TXT        13,162  03-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ604 TXT        13,162  04-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ605 TXT        13,162  05-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ606 TXT        14,707  06-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ607 TXT        16,891  07-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ608 TXT        16,937  08-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ609 TXT        16,937  09-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ610 TXT        16,937  10-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ611 TXT        16,937  11-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ612 TXT        16,937  12-01-96 12:00a
 12 file(s)        182,137 bytes
b) here are the above files backed up with ARJ using MAXIMUM compression:
BOFAQ_96 ARJ        62,967  12-01-96 12:00a
c) next the same files compressed with JAR; files added *one* at a time:
BOFAQ_96 JAR        52,183  02-15-97  2:42a
d) finally, now you see the result of the "solid" archiving method, next
   comes all of the above *.txt files archived in one run:
BOFAQ_96 JAR         6,393  12-01-96 12:00a
This is utterly INCREDIBLE and shows why I have gone crazy over JAR :-)
90% smaller than ARJ with MAXIMUM compression!!!  Shows you what the larger 
compression window used by solid archivers can do :-)
Just to be fair, here are some other comparisons; first another "solid" 
archiver, RAR.  It's the next-best thing to JAR.
BOFAQ_96 RAR         8,692  12-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ_96 ZIP        63,022  12-01-96 12:00a
BOFAQ_96 LZH        63,396  02-15-97  3:03a
Note that RAR, ARJ and PKZip were set for MAXIMUM compression; JAR and 
LHA/LZH were set for NORMAL compression!!!
JAR (normal) 6,393 and PKZip (maximum) 63,022 -- these are HUGE differences 
:-)))
Cheers, Hans
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