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******* A.C.T. - June 1996 *******
Archive Comparison Test
A.C.T. is a monthly report comparing
64 different compression programs
(archivers) for speed and ability to
compress files. The archivers are
tested on TXT, EXE, 669, BMP and
multiple files. It also includes a
checklist of special features some
archivers can perform and the e-mail
addresses of the authors.
Author : JEFF GILCHRIST
Internet: jeffg@mi.net
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ADD2ZIP Adds a specified file to ALL .ZIP / .ARJ archives in the current directory. For example you may wish to add a BBS advert file to all the new uploads in your upload directory. Servile Software * SHAREWARE *
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ARCHIVE DETERMINATE v1.0 checks files for the type of Archiver used. [ARC, ARJ, RAR, SQZ, ZIP, ZOO, UC2, LZH] ----------------------------------------- Creates an environment variable so it can be tested in a batchfile. ----------------------------------------- FREE FOR ALL utility by Mark Bloss Copyright 1996 All rights reserved Mind Over Byte Software
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Archive Identifier 1.20 - A utility for identifying ARC ARJ HYP LZH PAK RAR SQZ ZIP ZOO GIF JPG and BMP files by SIGNATURE, not extension, including self-extracting archives! Tiny and very fast. Other files can be filtered based on file extensions. For use in customized BBS upload batch files and similar archive testing applications. Excellent for PCBTEST.BAT or SLOWDRV.BAT use. Includes both DOS and 32-bit OS/2 versions!
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Archivist 1.22: Compress, expand files from MS Word. Save your disk space! Manage ZIP files with point-and-click. Requires MS Word 6.0, PKZIP, PKUNZIP.
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Archivist 1.22: Compress, expand files from MS Excel. Save your disk space! Manage ZIP files with point-and-click. Requires MS Excel 5.0, PKZIP, PKUNZIP.
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ARIN ver. 1.16 - archive unpack/ search This is a program for archive unpacking, or searching for text strings in archives on your hard disk or CD-ROM. For example, with the single command it may unpack all archives from all directories of a drive in separate sub directories, or extract all *.DOC files from whole disk and put them in a single directory.
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FACT 1.27 - Freeware Archive Conversion Tool. Small and easy to use, yet is still powerful, thorough & user-expandable. With .PAS source. Copyright (c) 1996 [23 May], DDA/ Reign Ware.
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File ArkHiver 1.0
Renames FILE.EXT to DDMMddhh.EXT
Great for archiving .REP and .QWK
packets or any other file.
Input is FILENAME.EXT
Renamed to DDMMddhh.EXT
Where DD is SU for Sunday
MM is JA for January
JL for July
dd is day of month 01-31
hh is hour 00-23
File extension is not changed
FREEWARE From HomeWard Bound
and Ernest Nachtigall
(905) 840-0592.
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PalmScan v2.02 The Ultimate Archive Conversion Utility. Convert almost any archive to another format. It can check for viruses inside the archives while converting (with up to 20 virus scanners), get file descriptions, process embedded archives, remove/add files from/to archives, full support for GIF packing, and lots more! PalmScan has full FileDoor, FILES.BBS and Remote Access, Ezycom and Concord file- database support, works with any door.sys and dorinfo supporting bbs system, works great in Allfix and many other programs, or stand-alone! DOS version
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TOEXPAND: The simplest utility to expand multiple .??_ files automatically. Public Domain, Freely distributed. By Antonis Kavarnos (akav@softlab.ntua.gr)
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UNTGZ Decompression Utility v0.92
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Directly decompresses UNIX TGZ (tar/gzip)
archives under MS-DOS. Features automatic
long filename conversion. Includes 32-bit
version for Windows 95/NT & DOS 386+ EXE.
Also includes complete C source code. GNU
software: copyrighted but absolutely free
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XPACK descriptions:
A freeware EXE/COM/SYS Executable file compressor
default extension search with filename wildcards support
Makes smaller, encrypted, CRC-verified .EXE files
ability to compress overlay programs compiled by TURBO/BORLAND pascal
Makes smaller, .COM/.SYS files
author: JauMing Tseng (┤┐¼L⌐·)
email: s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw
Optimized by http://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann
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ZIPLOG ver 1.0 Utility to archive .LOG files automatically based on date. Freeware. Includes QuickBASIC source.