Re: Replacement for Shrinkit

[fadden@netrek.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article 25274@ace.com, luigi@ace.com (Luigi) writes:
>Well, quick comment on efficiency of compression: I've seen many files
>on my Apple II that have been shrunk down to less than 10%, some are
>even around 5%...most .ZIP files I have seen are around 40%...

Bear in mind that some programs show compression as percent *reduced*, while others
show it as percent *of original size*.  So taking a file from 100K to 90K could
either be displayed as 10% (reduced by 10%) or 90% (90% of original size).  I
believe that ShrinkIt and most PC archivers use opposite conventions.

The compression algorithms used by PKZIP, LHA, and other related archivers are
considerably better than ShrinkIt's 12 bit LZW.

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