Archive Comparison Test - by Jeff Gilchrist
(A.C.T.) - September 1998 Edition



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Click on one of the following to access the most popular compression software FTP sites or choose one of the direct file links listed farther below.

ELF.STUBA Archive: ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/
SIMTEL Archive: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/
COAST TO COAST Archive: ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/archiver/
GARBO Archive: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/
KIAE Archive: ftp://ftp.kiae.su/pub/msdos/arcers/

ELF.STUBA.SK MIRROR SITES:
ftp://ftp.it.net.au/mirrors/sac/pack/ (Australia)
ftp://sunsite.univie.ac.at/pub/compression/ftp.elf.stuba.sk/ (Austria)
ftp://ftp.vse.cz/pub/msdos/SAC/pc/pack/ (Czech)
ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/mirrors/stuba/pc/pack/ (Germany)
ftp://ftp-beer.bke.hu/vol1/pub/sac/pc/pack/ (Hungary)
ftp://cert.unisa.it/pub/PC/SAC/pack/ (Italy)
ftp://ftp2.itb.it/pub/PC/SAC/pack/ (Italy)
ftp://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/pc/sac/pack/ (Poland)
ftp://ftp.uakom.sk/pub/mirrors/sac/pack/ (Slovakia)
ftp://ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/PC/SAC/pack/ (Taiwan)
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/sac/pack/ (U.S.A.)

EXE-PACKER SITES:
ELF.STUBA Archive: ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/
SIMTEL Archive: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/execomp/
GARBO Archive: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/execomp/
KIAE Archive: ftp://ftp.kiae.su/pub/msdos/execomp/


INDEX
ARCHIVER RELEASE AUTHOR & (INTERNET E-MAIL) -------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------ TYPE PLATFORMS SUPPORTED FREE UNCOMPRESS ---------- --------------------------------- --------------- ACB Apr '97 George Buyanovsky (buyanovs@sgci.com) v2.00c Shareware DOS (42k) Yes ACE May '98 Marcel Lemke (mlemke6413@aol.com) v1.2a Shareware DOS,OS/2,WinNT Yes,with source AIN Nov '96 Transas Marine (UK) Ltd. (100125.3526@compuserve.com) v2.32 Shareware DOS (140k) No AMGC Aug '95 Milen Georgiev v2.3 Shareware DOS (121k) No APACK Aug '98 Joergen Ibsen (jibz@hotmail.com) v0.91b FreeNCUse DOS (59k) N/A AR Oct '90 Haruhiko Okumura (74050.1022@compuserve.com) v1.10 Freeware DOS (27k) Yes ARC Jan '89 S.E.A. Inc. v6.02 Shareware DOS (138k) No ARHANGEL Jul '98 Lyapko George (postmaster@ski-factory.uzhgorod.ua) v1.31 Shareware DOS No ARI Nov '97 RAO Inc. (ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru) v2.2 Freeware DOS (26k) Yes ARJ Nov '97 Robert Jung (robjung@world.std.com) v2.60 Shareware DOS,Windows,Amiga,MAC (FreeNCUse) Yes,with source ARJZ Apr '95 Bulat Ziganshin (bulatz@edin.kazan.su) v0.15 Shareware DOS,Windows NT,OS/2 (264k) Yes ARQ Feb '97 DC Micro Development (support@dcmicro.com) v3.2 Shareware DOS,Win,OS/2,UNIX,MAC No ARX Jan '95 Michael A. Kosior (mkosior@acad.bryant.edu) v1.00 Shareware DOS (21k) No ASD Apr '96 Tobias Svensson (el96svto@ing.hj.se) v0.1.2 Freeware DOS Yes AVPACK Apr '93 Andrei Volkov v1.22 Shareware DOS (24k) (Free non-commerc. use) No AXE Jan '89 S.E.A. Inc. v2.2 Shareware DOS (13k) N/A BOA Mar '98 Ian Sutton (isutton@idirect.com) v0.58b Shareware DOS No BSARC May '95 Serg Babitchew v2.0.0 Shareware DOS (63k) No BVI Feb '98 Boris Vilincoff v1.70 Freeware DOS (36k) Yes BZIP2 Aug '97 Julian Seward (jseward@acm.org) v0.1pl2 Freeware UNIX,Win 95,Win NT (C Source Code) Yes CABARC Mar '97 Microsoft Corp. v1.0 Freeware Win95/WinNT Yes CODEC Apr '95 Telvox Teleinform. (telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it) v3.21 Shareware DOS,Win,OS/2,Unix,VMS,PowerPC,more No COMPACK Nov '91 Prominence Computer Services Ltd. v4.5 Shareware DOS (48k) No COMPREXE Sep '97 Tom Torfs (tomtorfs@mail.dma.be) v1.0 Shareware DOS N/A CROSSEPAC Oct '94 Digital Strategies, Inc. (cpac@dsinj.mhs.compuserve.com) v1.35 Shareware DOS (70k) No CRUNCH Aug '89 Ori Berger v1.0 Shareware DOS (6k) N/A CRUSH Feb '95 J. Rollason (100031.3537@compuserve.com) v1.8 Shareware DOS (69k) Yes DEEPFREEZ Jan '98 Binary Technology v1.03 Shareware Win95,WinNT No DIET Jun '92 Teddy Matsumoto (kenjirou@mathdent.im.uec.ac.jp) v1.45f Freeware DOS Yes DPA Apr '96 Dirk Paehl (dpaehl@welfen-netz.com) v1.1a Freeware DOS Yes DST May '98? Tommaso Guglielmi (tomgug@zoo.diaedu.unisa.it) v0.9b Shareware DOS (30k) No DWC Mar '90 Dean W. Cooper (dwcooper@ix.netcom.com) v5.10 Shareware DOS (88k) No ELI ??? '?? Jules Revsin v5750 Shareware DOS (20k) No ELITE Feb '96 Patryk Glowacz & Adam Augustyn (peg@ucinvl.uci.agh.edu.pl) v2.0 Freeware DOS (63k) Yes ERI32 Feb '98 RAO Inc. (Ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru) v3.1 AvailableForTests DOS No ESP Nov '97 GyikSoft (garpad@sparta.banki.hu) v1.92 Freeware DOS (69k) Yes EXEHIGH Oct '95 NoddegamrA v1.01 Shareware DOS (28k) N/A EXEPACK Feb '86 Microsoft Corp. v4.06 Freeware DOS N/A EXP Feb '98 Bulat Ziganshin (bulatz@edin.kazan.su) v1 Freeware Win95/WinNT Yes GAS May '93 Ricky Bhatti v2.0 Shareware DOS (80k) No GZIP Aug '93 Jean-loup Gailly (gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu) v1.2.4 Freeware DOS,Windows NT,Unix,VMS,OS/2,Atari Yes (117k) HA Jan '95 Harri Hirvola (harri.hirvola@vaisala.infonet.com) 0.999b Freeware DOS,OS/2,UNIX (91k) Yes,with source HAP Apr '96 Harald Feldmann (feldmann@xs4all.nl) v4.03 Commercial (v3.05 Shareware) DOS No HIT Mar '95 Bogdan Ureche v2.10 Shareware DOS (35k) No HPA Apr '98 Hungarian Pirates Alliance (hpa@freemail.c3.hu) v1.8 Freeware DOS (86k) Yes HPACK May '93 Peter Gutmann (pgut@cs.aukuni.ac.nz) v0.79a0 Shareware DOS,OS/2,Unix,MAC,Amiga,Atari,Archimedes No (158k) HYPER May '92 P. Sawatzki & K. Nischkle (in307@dhafeu11.bitnet) v2.6 Shareware DOS (18k) No ICOMP Oct '97 Stirling Technologies Inc. v3.00.61 Shareware DOS (57k) No IMP Jun '98 Technelysium Pty Ltd (imp@technelysium.com.au) v1.0 Shareware Win95/WinNT No INFOZIP Nov '97 Info-ZIP (zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu) v2.2 Freeware DOS,WinNT,Unix,OS/2,Amiga,Atari,BeOS Yes,with source JAM Aug '96 W. Jiang (wjiang@xmu.edu.cn) vAug-1996 Freeware DOS (10k) Yes,with source JAR Aug '97 Robert Jung (robjung@world.std.com) v1.02 Shareware DOS,Win95,WinNT (FreeNonCom.Use) Yes JRCHIVE May '95 JAYAR Systems (jrsys@io.org) v1.10 Shareware DOS (86k) No KBOOM 1992 Miles Pawski v1.1 Freeware DOS (4k) Yes LARC Feb '89 K. Miki, H. Okumura, K. Masuyama v3.33 Shareware DOS (56k) No LGHA Dec '97 Lyapko George (postmaster@ski-factory.uzhgorod.ua) v1.1 Freeware DOS (28k) Yes LGLZ Dec '97 Lyapko George (postmaster@ski-factory.uzhgorod.ua) v1.04b Freeware DOS (39k) Yes LHA Oct '95 Haruyasu Yoshizaki (SDI00506@niftyserve.or.jp) v2.67 Freeware DOS,Amiga,Win95,WinNT,UNIX Yes LHARK Dec '96 Kerwin F. Medina (kerwin@infoserve.net) v0.4d Freeware DOS (38k) Yes LIMIT Feb '94 J Y Lim (jlim@cs.stanford.edu) v1.2 Freeware DOS (30k) Yes LZAP Jun '98 Mike Goldman (whig@by.net) v0.20.0 Freeware DOS/Win95/WinNT No LZEXE Sep '91 Fabrice Bellard v1.00a Freeware DOS (34k) N/A LZOP Nov '97 Markus Oberhumer (markus.oberhumer@jk.uni-linz.ac.at) v0.95w Freeware DOS (54k) Yes LZS ??? '92 Stac Electronics v3.1 Demo DOS No MDCD Oct '88 Mike Davenport (miked@ionet.net) v1.0 Freeware DOS Yes,with source MEGALITE Nov '94 Megateam v1.20a+ Shareware DOS (30k) N/A MSCOMPRESS 1992 Microsoft Corp. v2.0 Freeware DOS Yes MSXIE Dec '97 Mecury Soft Technology (mercurysoft@technologist.com) v1.40 Shareware DOS Yes NETZIP Sep '97 Software Builders v4.1 Shareware Win95 No NSK 1997 Nashsoft Systems v5.0 Shareware DOS (64k) No NULIB Jan '93 Andy McFadden (fadden@uts.amdahl.com) v3.24 Freeware DOS (68k) Yes PACK Oct '95 NoddegamrA v2.01 Shareware DOS (14k) No PACKWIN Jun '94 Yellow Rose Workgroup v1.0alpha Shareware DOS N/A PAK Oct '90 NoGate Consulting v2.51 Shareware DOS (103k) No PAK-DD 1997 Dmitry Dvoinikov (ddvoinikov@geocities.com) v1.0a Shareware DOS (23k) No PAR Jun '98 Philipp Druyts (philipp.druyts@skynet.be) v1.45 Freeware Win95/WinNT Yes PGMPAK May '91 Todor Todorov v0.15 Freeware DOS (33k) N/A PKARC Apr '87 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com) v3.5 Shareware DOS (71k) No PKPAK Aug '88 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com) v3.61 Shareware DOS (119k) No PKLITE Mar '96 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com) v2.01 Shareware DOS No PKSMART Jun '98 Puchkov Sergey and Alex v1.0 Shareware DOS (30k) No PKZIP Feb '93 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com) v2.04g Shareware DOS,Windows,OS/2 No PKZIP WIN Dec '97 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com) v2.6 Shareware Windows,Win95,WinNT,OS/2 No PROPACK Oct '92 Rob Northen Computing (rnc@cix.compulink.co.uk) v2.14 Shareware DOS (35k) No PUT Jan '98 Jim Hass (73057.3113@compuserve.com) v3.47 Shareware DOS No QUANTUM May '95 Cinematronics (davids@cruzio.com) v0.97 Freeware DOS,Windows Yes QUARK May '93 Kunz Robert v1.0beta Shareware DOS (120k) No RAR May '98 Eugene Roshal (roshal@geocities.com) v2.04 Shareware DOS,OS/2,UNIX,Win95/NT/32s Yes RJCRUSH May '96 RJS Software (rjs@lia.co.za) v1.10 Shareware DOS No RKIVE Feb '98 Malcolm Taylor (mtaylor@clear.net.nz) v1.92b1 Shareware DOS No SAR Mar '93 Streamline Design v1.0 Shareware DOS (24k) No SARJ Jan '96 Frederic Taes (fta@info.fundp.ac.be) v1.21 Freeware DOS Yes SBX Jan '98 SpinnerBaker Software (castman@flash.net) v1.2 Shareware Win95/WinNT No SCRNCH Mar '88 Graeme W. McRae (73307.2453@compuserve.com) v1.02 Shareware DOS (83k) N/A SKY Jul '97 Jean-Michel Herve (jean-michel.herve@ace.epita.fr) v1.15 Freeware DOS (43k) Yes SONARC Jun '94 Richard P. Sprague (76635.652@compuserve.com) v2.1i Shareware DOS (69k) No SPLINT Apr '89 Kenji Rikitake (Kenji@dctwcs.das.net) v2.1 Freeware DOS,UNIX (22k) Yes,with source SQUASH May '97 Dominik Murk (dominik@iridis.com) v1.21 Freeware DOS (19k) Yes SQUISH Sep '92 Mike Albert (70325.1134@compuserve.com) v1.0 Shareware DOS (14k) No SQWEZ Nov '94 Jim Miller (74131.1704@compuserve.com) v2.3 Shareware DOS (56k) No SQZ Jan '93 Jonas Hammarberg (100417.2002@compuserve.com) v1.08.3 Shareware DOS (119k) No SUPER PACK Apr'95 Kai Gossens (Future-Dreams Entertainment) v2.0 Freeware DOS Yes SZIP Aug '98 Michael Schindler (michael@compressconsult.com) v1.11beta Freeware AIX,DOS,HPUX,Linux,Solaris,Win95 Yes TAR May '97 Tim V. Shaporev (tim@cronyx.ru) v3.21b Shareware DOS,Unix (181k) No TINYPROG Mar '94 Tranzoa, Co. v3.9 Shareware DOS (39k) N/A TPDEZIP May '89 R.P. Byrne v1.5 Shareware DOS (52k) No TSCOMP 1991 The Stirling Group v1.3.21 Shareware DOS (27k) No TURBOZIP Aug '97 Pacific Gold Coast (gobrowser@compuserve.com) v2.1 Shareware Win95 No UC2 Jun '95 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl) v3.0 PRO Shareware DOS Yes UC Apr '96 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl) v2.37beta Shareware DOS Yes UCEXE Apr '96 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl) v2.4 Shareware DOS No UFA32 Mar '98 Igor Pavlov (igorp@albea.rb.ru) v0.04b1 Shareware Win95/WinNT No UHARC Dec '97 Uwe Herklotz (uhe@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de) v0.2 Freeware DOS (Not for commercial use) Yes UPX Jul '98 M. Oberhumer & L. Molnar (ml1050@cdata.tvnet.hu) v0.30 Freeware DOS Yes WinRAR May '98 Eugene Roshal (roshal@geocities.com) v2.04 Shareware Win95/NT/32s Yes,with source WINZIP Sep '97 Nico Mak (support@winzip.com) v6.3 Shareware Windows,Win95,WinNT No WWPACK Jan '96 Piotr Warezak (awarezak@krysia.uni.lodz.pl) Rafal Wierzbicki (wierzba@free.polbox.pl) v3.05b5 Shareware DOS No X1 May '97 Stig Valentini (x1develop@dk-online.dk) v0.95a Freeware DOS Yes XPACK Jul '97 JauMing Tseng (s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw) v1.67l Freeware DOS (192k) No YAC Sep '95 Aleksandras Surna (as@ashurna.msk.ru) v1.02 Freeware DOS (69k) Yes ZET Mar '97 Oleg V. Zaimkin v0.10b Shareware DOS (29k) No ZIP-ARCHIV 1994 Peter Troxler v2.0 Shareware DOS (13k) No ZIPNAV Jul '95 FlashPoint (FlashPoint@msn.com) 2.03 Shareware Windows No ZIPSERVER Oct '96 Redei Enterprises (71744.3633@compuserve.com) v2.12.2 Shareware Windows No ZOO Jul '91 Rahul Dhesi (dhesi@bsu-cu.bsu.edu) v2.10 Shareware DOS,Unix (73k) No 777 Mar '98 Igor Pavlov (igorp@albea.rb.ru) v0.04b1 Shareware Win95/WinNT No The information above may not be 100% accurate so if anyone notices any errors or finds something I left out, please let me know.

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