Version Twenty Four, Archive Comparison Table [15 May 1995] [ACT\CHANGES.TXT] This file documents the changes made between this version of the Archive Comparison Table, and the previous. Version Twenty Four (24) - 15 May 1995 -------------------------------------- I have updated a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) bmp.res [updated] 2) changes.txt [updated] 3) com-exe.res [updated] 4) comments.txt [updated] 5) contacts.txt [updated] 6) doc.res [updated] 7) features.txt [updated] 8) file_id.diz [updated] 9) location.txt [updated] 10) programs.txt [updated] 11) readme.txt [updated] 12) tocome.txt [added] <------ Please Read! 13) ttf.res [updated] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) BSArc V1.9.3 [added] Russian archiver, all docs are in Russian, so I hope I have got the information correct. 2) RAR v1.54b [added] Latest BETA copy of RAR. 3) UC II r2 [updated] Authors requested a re-run, to compare results to new beta version. 4) UC II r3 Pro - BETA [updated] Latest final BETA 'Release Candidate' version of UCII. Added new switches: 'a -tst *.* arch & o5 arch' and 'a -tst *.* arch & o25 arch' 5) X1 v0.91beta [added] Latest BETA copy of X1. 6) YAC v1.01.05beta [added] Latest BETA copy of YAC. Version Twenty Three (23) - 23 April 1995 ----------------------------------------- I have updated a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) bmp.res [updated] 2) changes.txt [updated] 3) comments.txt [updated] 4) com&exe.res [updated] 5) contacts.txt [updated] 6) doc.res [updated] 7) features.txt [updated] 8) location.txt [updadted] 9) program.txt [updated] 10) ttf.res [updated] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) Arj v2.41a [updated] Added new switch 'a -e -jm -t1 -jh65000', for maximum compression with text files ONLY. 2) Arj v2.42b - BETA_3 TEST release [added] Latest BETA version of Arj. 3) Crush 1.8 [updated] User can now compress up to 10,000,000 files in a single command rather than the previous 1,000 file limit. Options added to allow files/archive to be specified and the user can now define their own chosen archiver. The new -U option allows CRUSH to work more efficiently with Stacker and DoubleSpace. 4) UC II r3 Pro - BETA [added] Final BETA 'Release Candidate' version of UCII. Added new switches: 'a *.* arch & o5 arch' and 'a *.* arch & o25 arch'. Version Twenty Two (22) - 12 March 1995 --------------------------------------- I have updated and created a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) changes.txt [updated] 2) contacts.txt [updated] 3) location.txt [updated] 4) programs.txt [updated] 5) readme.txt [updated] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) quantum 0.96 [updated] 1st release version, also used two undocumented switches, -c6 and -c7, which take even longer to compress but do create a slightly smaller archive. 2) nulib v3.24 [updated] 3) sqwez v2.2 [updated] added options /e (self extracting) & /s (sqz) Version Twenty One (21) - 5 February 1995 ----------------------------------------- I have added a new test set. The sets now consist of: 1) A selection of .BMP files [BMP.RES, BMP.SET] 2) A selection of .COM and .EXE files [COM-EXE.RES, COM-EXE.SET] 3) A selection of .DOC files [DOC.RES, DOC.SET] *NEW* 4) A selection of .TTF files [TTF.RES, TTF.SET] I have updated and created a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) changes.txt [updated] 2) comments.txt [updated] 3) contacts.txt [updated] 4) features.txt [updated] 5) files.lst [updated] 6) file_id.diz [updated] 7) location.txt [updated] 8) programs.txt [updated] 9) readme.txt [updated] 10) ttf.res [added] 11) ttf.set [added] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) crush v1.3 [updated] Support for the UC2 compressor added. 2) ha v0.999b [updated] Latest beta release, with source code. Decompressing is quicker. 3) jrchive v1.02 [added] Version Twenty (20) - 16 January 1995 ------------------------------------- I have updated and created a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) changes.txt [updated] 2) contacts.txt [updated] 3) comments.txt [updated] 4) programs.txt [updated] 5) features.txt [updated] 6) bmp.res [updated] 7) com-exe.res [updated] 8) doc.res [updated] 9) location.txt [updated] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) ari v1.12 [added] 2) arx v1.0 [added] 3) limit v1.2 [updated] Unsure of the changes. Version Nineteen (19) - 11 January 1995 --------------------------------------- Major, major rewrite of the Archive Comparison Table. I have added four (4) new test sets, and deleted the old one. The sets now consist of: 1) A selection of .BMP files [BMP.RES, BMP.SET] 2) A selection of .COM and .EXE files [COM-EXE.RES, COM-EXE.SET] 3) A selection of .DOC files [DOC.RES, DOC.SET] I have updated and created a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) changes.txt [added] 2) comments.txt [added] 3) contacts.txt [updated] 4) features.txt [updated] 5) location.txt [added] 6) readme.txt [updated] The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) hap v3.14e11 (Registered Version) [updated] Bug fix. 2) quantum v0.93b [added] 3) rar v1.53 [updated] EMS usage added, minor speed increase, new switch -ds. Version Eighteen (18) - 4 December 1994 --------------------------------------- I have updated and created a selection of new text files (please refer to files.lst for more information): 1) contacts.txt [updated] 2) features.txt [added] Version Seventeen (17) - 22 November 1994 ----------------------------------------- This is the 1st version of the Archive Comparison Table, that is placed as a file for downloading from a ftp site, instead of being posted to comp.compression. The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) sar v1.00 [added] 2) sqwez v1.0 [added] 3) put/get v3.34 [added] I have updated and created a selection of new text files: 1) contacts.txt [added] 2) readme.txt [added] Version Sixteen (16) - 17 November 1994 --------------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) ar v0.02 [added] 2) nulib v3.2 [added] 3) larc v3.33 [added] 4) mdcd v1.0 [added] Version Fifthteen (15) - 2 November 1994 ---------------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) amgc v2.2 [added] 2) codec v3.10 [added] 3) ha v0.99b [re-checked] Version Fourteen (14) - 16 September 1994 ----------------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) ain v2.2, added Version Thirteen (13) - 5 September 1994 ---------------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) rar 1.52 [updated] quicker extraction time Version Twelve (12) - 19 August 1994 ------------------------------------ The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) crush v1.1 [updated] Also updated the location from where you can get the compression programs Version Eleven (11) - 6 August 1994 ----------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) sqz v1.08.3 [updated] added option /q 2) hpack v0.79a0 [updated] added option -0 Version Ten (10) - 27 July 1994 ------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) limit v1.0 [added] I have also updated the Norton Utilities index (v7 -> v8) Version Nine (9) - 23 July 1994 ------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) crush v1.0 [added] Edited the description for hap v3.14e, to show that this version is the registered version, and NOT shareware. Version Eight (8) - 10 July 1994 -------------------------------- The following archive programs have either been added or updated: 1) hap v3.14e [added] Version Seven (7) - 7 July 1994 ------------------------------- I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version Six (6) - 30 June 1994 ------------------------------ I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version Five (5) - 28 June 1994 ------------------------------- I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version Four (4) - 25 June 1994 ------------------------------- I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version Three (3) - 23 June 1994 -------------------------------- I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version Two (2) - 18 June 1994 ------------------------------ I did not keep any proper notes for this versions. Version One (1) - 1 June 1994 ----------------------------- The first version of the Archive Comparison Table.