#save money!
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Wanna save money?
I have a suggestion: That all those huge .zip files be replaced with
economical
lzh files. The LHA compression program is far superior for graphics, and
has been used by myself and others with great success. I have one .flc file
that is 3.87 megs, the lha compression was .87 megs!
The file is shareware, and the license is really generous, the only
drawback is that the compressions take a little longer. Wow. It is nowhere
near as much as you lose uploading and downloading (and you're paying for
that!!!)
James
Hi, James.
That's interesting. Where could I find it?
Bob P – Product Support / Autodesk
Bob –
Uh….oh, the LHA?
I will upload it sometime today. You have to check out the compression
rates on this utility! It compresses slower, but the space savings are well
worth it!!!
James
Thanks, James.
I look forward to playing around with it. Some of my models are getting
too extensive.
Dude –
It's on, as soon as the sysop will let you touch it.
James
Thanks, much. I'll pull it down as soon as I can.
Oh, Bob, if you are looking at compression alternatives, check out ARJ
before you settle on another. (ZIP is fine with me, though).
Chuck Jameson Silver Tongue Software
What is ARJ?
James
ARJ is another compression package. Try IBM file find.
The author of ARJ (and UNARJ) is Robert Jung, CIS 72077,445
Chuck Jameson Silver Tongue Software
Charles –
Obviously it's another compression utility. What kind of rate does it have?
Is it fast, slow, tight or sloppy, multi-platform, etc?
Does it compress some files better than others? (LHA compresses graphics
better than any other program I have run across)
James
ARJ can be found in Zenith's Forum, Lib 5, as ARJ230.EXE. The following
was taken from WHY_ARJ.DOC (which comes with ARJ).
Computer Personlich, June 12, 1991, Leader of the Pack, Bernd Wiebelt and
Matthias Fichtner. In this German magazine, ARJ 2.0 was named Test Sieger
(Test Winner) over six other archivers including PKZIP and LHA.
Compression, speed, documentation, and features were compared.
PC Sources, July 1991, Forum, Barry Brenesal, "A new challenger, ARJ 2.0,
not only offers the speed of PKZIP, but also has the best compression rate
of the bunch."
Computer Shopper, September 1991, Shells, Bells, and Files: Compressors for
All Cases, Craig Menefee. "ARJ … is extremely fast and produces
excellent compression; it … has a rich set of options. … This is a
mature technology, and any of these programs will do a fine and reliable
job."
PC Magazine, October 15, 1991, Squeeze Play, Barry Simon. "Jung has
combined that foundation with academic research to produce an impressive
product. … If your main criterion is compressed size, ARJ will be one of
your two main contenders, along with LHA."
SHAREWARE Magazine, Nov-Dec 1991, Fall Releases, Joseph Speaks. "Don't tell
the creators of ARJ that PKZIP is the standard for data compression. They
probably already know. But that hasn't stopped them from creating a data
compression utility that makes everyone – even the folks at PKWare – sit up
and take notice.
.. but compression statistics don't tell the whole story. The case for
using ARJ is strengthened by new features it debuts."
BOARDWATCH Magazine, December 1991, ARCHIVE/COMPRESSION UTILITIES, "This
year's analysis rendered a surprise winner. Robert K. Jung's ARJ Version
2.22 is a relatively new compression utility that offers surprising
performance. The program emerged on the scene within the past year and the
2.22 version was released in October 1991. It rated number one on .EXE and
database files and number two behind LHarc Version 2.13 in our directory of
221 short text files."
Hope that helps!
-Ray
James,
There is only one drawback to LHA. It is strictly DOS based. I use it
extensively on my own machine (and love it for exactly the reasons you
stated.) But it denys owners of other operating systems access to our
library files. We have pretty much standardized on PKZIP for the libraries
as it is available across a wide variety of platforms and OS'es. But on a
single DOS machine or even a network of DOS machines, LHA will usually win
out.
Joe –
Wow, I didn't know that it was single-platform. None of the Macians around
out office use compression, they just take up as much space as they can….
Well, I will call up Yoshizaki and tell him….
James
James,
You also gonna buy him the MAC to write it on ???. How about the Sun or
Iris or DEC or Apollo or ……….<grin>.
Joe –
Hahah. No, but I think that if it was mentioned to him, with a possible
base he might develop one. No, I won't buy him one, I don't own a $17
Million home either so…..
I am sorry your life has taught you such cycnicism. What about PKzip for
those other systems? If they don't have it, then your point is invalid, if
they do, why not LHA?
James
James,
They do have a version of PKZIP. That's why I mentioned them….<grin>.
Joe –
If they have them, then why would it be unreasonable for LHA to exist on
those platforms? Or are we experiencing a form of OS prejudice?
James
James,
It's not unreasonable for LHA to exist in those Operating Systems. It just
doesn't yet and I don't know of any plans to make it so. The only Archive
formats that cross platforms are ARC and ZIP, although there is an UNSIT
for the DOS world to be able to use the SIT format from the MAC.
Joe –
I have just recieved word form LHA. They do, in fact, support MAC; also
UNIX, a and CPM. I guess thats too bad….
James
James,
This could be welcome news, but I haven't seen anything on CIS about it or
the LHA programs. Looks like you won't get the pleasure of adding all those
machines to Yoshi's collection…….<grin>.
Joe –
Damn…and I already paid the UPS charges….
James
James – I found your upload yesterday. When I tried to unarchive it, my
machine locked, so I didn't merge it. Besides, we already have a copy of
LHARC on the forum: LHA212.EXE in library 10, Utilities. Since it looked
like you uploaded version 2.10, you might want to update your version from
our forum <grin>. Thanks for looking out for the interests of our forum
members, and keep those uploads coming.