What are most common problems for newbies ?

[Richard Menedetter]

Hi

Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 CV> That seems to be exactly opposite from my experience - not just the
 CV> recent problem either.  If RAR compresses so good, how come I can ZIP
 CV> a RAR to a smaller size ?
Good question ... ;)
But Bernie is right ... I have used many Packers, and RAR compresses
everything I have tried with it much better than ZIP or ARJ.
(Don't forget that it is much younger ...)

I have packed my DOS direcory (3.522.956 bytes, I have delete some stuff
like msav, or msbackup ...)

I used the maximum compression ratio (tightest) with ZIP (2.50)
and good ratio (2. tightest) on all other packers.

1.ace         1984556   3.06.00  23:59
1.arj         2189744   3.06.00  23:57
1.rar         2049587   3.06.00  23:58
1.zip         2183847   3.06.00  23:57

Exactly the result I have thought of:
ARJ -> ZIP -> RAR -> ACE

If you don't believe Bernie or me, download the programs, and try for
yourself ;)

 CV> I HAVE run into download problems with BOTH ARJ and RAR before.
This is only, because ZIP is the defacto standard (I never understood why)
So they configure the MIME Type right for ZIP ...

 CV> -  Clarence Verge

CU, Ricsi

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