On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Georg Potthast wrote: > I observed that 7zip provides a better compression than ZIP. The CD image of > my Graphical FreeDOS distribution XFDOS "xfdos.iso" is 63.2 MB uncompressed. > ZIP compresses this to 53.1 MB while 7z compresses it to 27.1 MB, almost > half of that. See here: > > http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/list > > Not all files are compressed that much better with 7zip but this CD image > does not compress well with ZIP. I used the compression tools on Windows XP. > > Georg
I'm not sure it's worthwhile though unless there's at least a 16-bit decompressor... -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
