Re: What are most common problems for newbies ?

[L.D. Best]

FWIW,

Phil Katz brought out one last upgraded version of PKzip before he died
of MicroSoft poisoning..

On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 15:08:54 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
<snip>
> Hi Bernie;
> That seems to be exactly opposite from my experience - not just the recent
> problem either.  If RAR compresses so good, how come I can ZIP a RAR to a
> smaller size ? The zip header itself ADDS bytes to the product and yet it
> comes out smaller.

The last version of PKzip has a 3rd even tighter compression switch, and
something which can really speed up things or make the "impossible"
possible ... the ability to name the drive where the temp files are to
be generated.  If you have a RAM drive an name that, it can make a
marked different in speed of zipping things.

l.d.
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