ACT Title - by Jody Sullivan
(ACT 2.0) - March 2000 Edition

 

Summary of Winners:

DOS/Windows Tests

 

Best Compression

Fastest Compression

Quickest Extractraction

Best Overall

Text RK 1.01b1 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w PPMD vE
Executable RK 1.02b5 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w COOLZIP 1.01
EXE Packer (Win32) ASPACK 2.00.1 UPX 0.99.2w N/A ASPACK 2.00.1
EXE Packer (DOS) UPX 0.99.2w UPX 0.99.2w EXEPACK 4.06 UPX 0.99.2w
Sound (WAV) RK 1.01b1 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w WAVARC 1.1
Graphics (TIF) ARHANGEL 1.40 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w ERI32 4.4fre
Calgary Corpus RK 1.01b1 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w PPMD vE
Canterbury Corpus RK 1.02b5 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w SZIP 1.11b+TAR
Worms 2 RK 1.02b4 LZOP 1.00w LZOP 1.00w RAR32 2.60

 

Macintosh Tests

 

Best Compression

Fastest Compression

Quickest Extractraction

Best Overall

Text Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> BZIP+TAR ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> BZIP+TAR
Executable Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT ZIPIT 1.4 ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT
Sound (WAV) Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> BZIP+TAR ZIPIT 1.4 ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> BZIP+TAR
Graphics (TIF) Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT ZIPIT 1.4 ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT
Calgary Corpus Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT MacGZIP 1.1+TAR Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT
Canterbury Corpus Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT ZIPIT 1.4 ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT
Worms 2 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> SIT ZIPIT 1.4 ZIPIT 1.4 Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 -> ZIP

 

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