Version Twenty Seven, Archive Comparison Table            [30 December 1995]
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Other sources of information:


** Usenet Newsgroups:

  alt.comp.compression
  comp.compression
  comp.compression.research


** Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

  There is the compression FAQ.  This is currently being managed by
  Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@chorus.fr).

  The FAQ is posted monthly to:

    comp.compression
    comp.compression.research

  It is also available by FTP at:

    rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part1
    rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part2
    rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part3

  And it is also available on the WWW at:

    http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/compression-faq/top.html


** Jeff Gilchrist's A.C.T.:

  This is another Archive Comparison Test (A.C.T), created by Jeff Gilchrist
  (jeffg@mi.net).

  A.C.T. is posted monthly to:

    alt.comp.compression
    comp.compression

  It is also available by FTP at:

    ftp.elf.stuba.sk:/pub/pc/pack/actest*.zip
    oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos/archivers/actest*.zip

  And it is available on the WWW at:

    http://www.mi.net/act/act.html


** Dmitry S. Kohmanyuk's Test of Compression Performance:

  This is a test based on the Calgary/Canterbury Text Compression Corpus, by
  Dmitry S. Kohmanyuk (dk+UA.net, Dmitry.KohmanyukUA.net, dkfarm.cs.kiev.ua).

    The only way I know of getting a copy is by mailing Dmitry.


** Other MSDOS benchmarks available from:

    ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/msdos/info/arcst*.zip