Version Twenty Seven, Archive Comparison Table            [30 December 1995]
                                                          [ACT\FEATURES.TXT]

A list of features, that each of the archiving programs used in the Archive
Comparison Table have.  This information has been obtained from the
documentation within each program.

        AIN: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, and test.
             AINEXE, turns .exe's into self-extracting and running
             executables, effects one file at a time.
             Multi-volume archives.
             Password encryption.

         AR: Add, delete, extract, list, and replace.

        ARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, run, tset, and
             update.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.

        ARI: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Multi-volumn archives (REG).
             Self-extracting archives (REG).

        ARJ: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test, and
             update.
             Archive Security Envelope (REG).
             Multi-volume archives.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extraction archives.

     ARJ(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test, and
             update.
             Archive Security Envelope (REG).
             Multi-volume archives, including self-extraction.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extraction archives.
             Graphical front end.

        ARX: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list. move, test and update.
             Self-extracting archive.

       AMGC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, test, and update.
             Multi-volume archives.
             Password encryption.

      BSARC: Add, delete, freshen, test, update, more, list, and extract.
             Self-extracting archives.
             Split archive into 'x' sized chunks.
             Password protection.

      CRUSH: Add, extract, and move.
         
      CODEC: Add, delete, and extract.
             Password encryption.

        DWC: Add, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Self extracting archives.

         HA: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.

        HAP: Add, delete, extract, and list.
             Move, Test (REG).
             Approximately twice as fast (REG).
             Registration number, and name (REG).

      HPACK: Add, delete, extract, freshen, replace, test, update, and view.
             Multi-Volume archives.
             Encryption.
             Data authentication.
             Multi-platform, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Windows, Mac, DOS,
             OS/2, UNIX.

      HYPER: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, and update.
             Self-extracting archives.

       IZIP: Add, delete, extract, freshen, move, test, and update.
    IZIP386: Multi-platform, UNIX, VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, Atari,
             Mac.
             Compatible with PKZIP.

    JRCHIVE: Add, extract, list.
             Multi-platform, DOS, UNIX.
             Self-extracting archives.

       LARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, and list.
             Self-extracting archives.

        LHA: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
             Self-extracting archives.

     LHA(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
             Self-extracting archives.

      LHARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
             Self-extracting archives.

      LHARK: Add, update, freshen, delete, extract, list and test.
  
      LIMIT: Add, delete, extract, list, and test.

       MDCD: Compress, decompress, and list.

      NULIB: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, test, and update.

        PAK: Add, delete, extract, list, move, test, and update.
             Security envelope.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.

      PKARC: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.

      PKPAK: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.

     PKZIP1: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.
             Authenticity Verification (REG).
         
     PKZIP2: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.
             Multi-volume archives.
             Authenticity Verification (REG).

        PUT: Compress, and decompress.

    QUANTUM: Compress, extract, list, and test.
             DOS & Windows version.

   QUARK(b): Add, comments, freshen, update, move, delete, extract, list,
             and test.
             Self-extracting.
             Volume split.
             Password encryption.

        RAR: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
             Multi-volume archives.
             Password encryption.
             Self-extracting archives.
             Authenticity Verfication (REG).
             EMS usage.
             Archive conversion tool.
             New fancy self-extracting tool.

        SAR: Add, delete, extract, and list.

       SARJ: Add, move, extract, test, and list.
             Password encryption.
             Multi-Volume archives.

      SQWEZ: Compresses all files to  a self-extracting .exe file.

        SQZ: Add, delete, extract, list, test, and update.
             Self-extracting archives.

         UC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test,
             and update.
             SAS, a tool to split the archive over multiple disks.
             Password encryption.
             Visual UltraCompressor, grpahical front end for UC.
             Multi-volume archives, including self-extraction.
             Self-extracting archives.
             Authenticity verfication / security envelope.
             Optimial damage protection.
             Near unlimited amount of files.
             Version Management.

      X1(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, and test.
             Supports multiple formats.
             DOS & OS/2 versions.

     YAC(b): Add, move, update, freshen, extract, test, delete, and list.
             You can limit EMS & XMS usage, though YAC automatically detects
             physical memory even when using virtual memory.

        ZOO: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.


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(b) = BETA version.
(REG) = in registed versions only.