Hi Hans,
 >     95SYSTEM JAR     1,802,788  02-24-97  6:36p
 >     95SYSTEM RAR     1,865,201  02-24-97  6:36p
 >     95SYSTEM ZIP     2,013,215  02-24-97  6:36p
 > Since there is so much redundancy in this example, I would
 > have expected a *much* greater difference between the
 > "solid" archivers (JAR and RAR, both set to max.) and the
 > standard archiver (PKZip -ex).
          I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes here, particularly not 
Robert's (in his own echo), but the difference is probably does to the large 
size of the files and the fact that the dictionary size is not able to handle 
even a single file, let along span multiple file of that length (other solid 
archivers have the same problem ).
          A better demonstration would be to get hold of the SEAGDISK.ZIP or 
whatever it is called.  It is a file containing the specifications for all 
current Seagate drives.  The archives contains over 500 files about 4Kb in 
length with significant redundancy between the files.  With that as a test 
file, you will see RAR and ARJ really stand out against any non-Solid 
archiver.
                                                   Cheers,
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