(ACT 2.0) - March 2000 DOS/Windows Edition
This is the archiver index page for the DOS/Windows archivers tested in ACT. It contains links
to the author's web page if available or to download the archiver itself, the author's e-mail address, information
about the archiver such as compression algorithms used, special features available and minimum system requirements.
More archiver entries and more info such as which file formats each archiver can create/read will follow in the
future.
Features Legend:
A = Authentication Verification (Security Envelope)
E = Encryption (Ability to encrypt/garble files in archive with password)
G = GUI (Graphical or Text Shell to manage archiver functions)
L = Windows Long Filename Support
M = Multi Disk Spanning (Ability to span an archive over two or more disks)
P = Data Protection Encoding (Stores Error Recovery Info)
S = Solid Archives (All files compressed together as one instead of individually)
X = SFX (Ability to create Self-Extracting Archives)
777
0.04b1
Mar. 1998
72 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Igor Pavlov
E-mail: ipavlov@mail.ru
Algorithm(s): Arithmetic
coding, LZ + arithmetic coding, PPM
Features: E L S
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
ACB
2.0c
Apr. 1997
42 K B
DOS
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: George Buyanovsky
E-mail: buyanovs@sgci.com
Algorithm(s): Associative Coding
Algorithm
Features: E M P S
Requires (min): 486, 16MB RAM
ACE
1.2b
May 1998
509 K B
DOS,OS/2,Win32
Shareware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Marcel Lemke
E-mail: mlemke6413@aol.com
Algorithm(s): LZ77 + Huffman
Features: A E G L M P S X
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
AIN
2.32
Nov. 1996
137 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Transas Marine (UK) Ltd.
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E M X
Requires (min): x86
AMGC
2.3
Aug. 1995
119 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Milen Georgiev
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E G M X
Requires (min): x86
ARC
6.02
Jan. 1989
135 K B
Amiga,DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: SEA Inc.
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): RLE, Dynamic LZ,
Huffman
Features: E
Requires (min): x86
ARHANGEL
1.40
Jan. 2000
50 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Lyapko George
E-mail: lyapko@yahoo.com
Algorithm(s): LZ77+Arithmetic,
Finite Context Model+Arithmetic
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 386
ARI
2.2
Jun. 1997
32 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: RAO Inc.
E-mail: ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru
Algorithm(s): LZ & Huffman
variants, 2D-eri-ppm
Features: E M P S
Requires (min): 386
ARJ
2.62c
Feb. 1999
245 K B
Amiga,DOS,Mac,OS/2,Win32
Shareware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Robert Jung
E-mail: robjung@world.std.com
Algorithm(s): LZSS + Huffman
Features: A E L M P X
Requires (min): x86
ARJZ
0.15
Apr. 1995
258 K B
DOS,OS/2,Win32
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Bulat Ziganshin
E-mail: bulatz@edin.kazan.su
Algorithm(s): LZSS + Huffman
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
ARQ
3.2
Feb. 1997
47 K B
DOS,Mac,OS/2,Unix,Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: DC Micro Development
E-mail: support@dcmicro.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
ARX
1.00
Jan. 1995
21 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Michael A. Kosior
E-mail: (none)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
ASD
0.1.3
Nov. 1996
69 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Tobias Svensson
E-mail: el96svto@ing.hj.se
Algorithm(s): LZ77
Features: S X
Requires (min): x86
ASPACK
2.001
Dec. 1999
302 K B
Win32
Shareware
N/A
Author: Alexey Solodovnikov
E-mail: support@aspack.com
Algorithm(s): LZ variant
Features: G L X
Requires (min): x86
BIX
1.00b7
Oct. 1999
90 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Igor Pavlov
E-mail: support@7-zip.com
Algorithm(s): Arithmetic
coding, LZ + arithmetic coding, PPM
Features: E L S
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
BOA
0.58b
Feb. 1998
74 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Ian Sutton
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): PPM (Prediction
by Partial Match) variant
Features: L S
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
BSARC
2.0.0 (r1.10)
May 1995
75 K B
DOS,OS/2,QNX,Unix,Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: PTS Ltd.
E-mail: pts@PhysTechSoft.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: M X
Requires (min): x86
BVI
1.70
Feb. 1998
35 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Boris Vilincoff
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): Arithmetic
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
BZIP2
0.9.5b
Sep. 1999
60 K B
Amiga,Mac,OS/2,Unix,Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Julian Seward
E-mail: jseward@acm.org
Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler
+ Huffman
Features: L P
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
CABARC
1.0
Mar. 1997
548 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Microsoft Corp.
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): LZX, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
CODEC
3.21
Apr. 1995
211 K B
DOS,OS/2,PowerPC,Unix,VMS,Win32,more
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Telvox Teleinformatica
E-mail: telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it
Algorithm(s): HPBS (High
Performance Bit Shrinker)
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
CROSSEPAC
1.35
Oct. 1994
121 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Digital Strategies Inc.
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
DropStuff
5.0
Aug. 1999
3560 K B
Win32
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Aladdin Systems Inc.
E-mail: info@aladdinsys.com
Algorithm(s): LZ76 &
Huffman variant (fast mode), and proprietary non-lz based algorithm (max mode)
Features: G L
Requires (min): x86
DST
0.9b
May 1998
30 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Tommaso Guglielmi
E-mail: tomgug@zoo.diaedu.unisa.it
Algorithm(s): LZ77 and PPM
variant, Dynamic Huffman
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
DWC
5.10
Mar. 1990
88 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Dean W. Cooper
E-mail: dwcooper@ix.netcom.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
ERI32
4.4fre
Oct. 1999
96 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: RAO Inc.
E-mail: Ratush@srsc-gw.sscc.ru
Algorithm(s): various model,
sort, and predicting methods, 2D-eri-ppm
Features: E M P
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
ESP
1.92
Nov. 1997
68 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: GyikSoft
E-mail: garpad@sparta.banki.hu
Algorithm(s): LZSS + Huffman
Features: E M P S X
Requires (min): x86
EXP
1.0
Feb. 1998
45 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Bulat Ziganshin
E-mail: bulatz@edin.kazan.su
Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler
+ Huffman
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
Expander
5.0
Feb. 1999
1441 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Aladdin Systems Inc.
E-mail: info@aladdinsys.com
Algorithm(s): LZ76 &
Huffman variant (fast mode), and proprietary non-lz based algorithm (max mode)
Features: G L
Requires (min): x86
GAS
2.0
May. 1993
78 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Ricky Bhatti
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
GZIP
1.2.4
Aug. 1993
114 K B
DOS,Win32,Unix,VMS,OS/2,Atari,Amiga
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Jean-loup Gailly
E-mail: gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu
Algorithm(s): Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
HA
0.999b
Jan. 1995
89 K B
DOS,OS/2,Unix
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Harri Hirvola
E-mail: harri.hirvola@vaisala.infonet.com
Algorithm(s): Sliding window
dictionary + Arithmetic, Finite contex model + Arithmetic
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
HAP
4.03
Apr. 1996
40 K B
DOS
Commercial
No Free Uncompress
Author: Harald Feldmann
E-mail: feldmann@xs4all.nl
Algorithm(s): Modified Arithmetic
Coding
Features: P
Requires (min): 286
HPA
1.8
Apr. 1998
83 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Hungarian Pirates Alliance
E-mail: hpa@freemail.c3.hu
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: X
Requires (min): x86
HPACK
0.79a0
May. 1993
154 K B
DOS,OS/2,Unix,Mac,Amiga,more
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Peter Gutmann
E-mail: pgut@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: A E M P S
Requires (min): x86
HYPER
2.6
May. 1992
18 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: P. Sawatzki & K. Nischkle
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: X
Requires (min): x86
ICOMP
3.00.61
Oct. 1997
56 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Stirling Technologies Inc.
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
IMP
1.10b
Jun. 1999
119 K B
DOS,Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Technelysium Pty Ltd
E-mail: imp@technelysium.com.au
Algorithm(s): LZ77, Burrows-Wheeler
Transform
Features: E L M P S
Requires (min): 386
INFOZIP
2.2
Nov. 1997
77 K B
DOS,Win32,Unix,OS/2,Amiga,BeOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Info-ZIP
E-mail: zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: E L M X
Requires (min): x86
JAM
Aug '96
Aug. 1996
38 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: W. Jiang
E-mail: wjiang@xmu.edu.cn
Algorithm(s): LZ78 variant
Features: E
Requires (min): x86
JAR
1.02
Aug. 1997
495 K B
DOS,Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Robert Jung
E-mail: robjung@world.std.com
Algorithm(s): LZSS + Huffman
+ word dictionary
Features: A E L M P S
Requires (min): x86
JRCHIVE
1.10
May. 1995
84 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: JAYAR Systems
E-mail: jrsys@io.org
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: S X
Requires (min): x86
KBOOM
1.1
1992
19 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Miles Pawski
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): LZW
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
LARC
3.33
Feb. 1989
54 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: K. Miki, H. Okumura, K. Masuyama
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): LZ
Features: X
Requires (min): x86
LGHA
1.1g
Dec. 1997
29 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Lyapko George
E-mail: postmaster@ski-factory.uzhgorod.ua
Algorithm(s): Sliding window
dictionary + Arithmetic, Finite contex model + Arithmetic
Features: X
Requires (min): 386
LHA
2.67
Oct. 1995
50 K B
DOS,Amiga,Mac,Unix,Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Haruyasu Yoshizaki
E-mail: SDI00506@niftyserve.or.jp
Algorithm(s): LZH
Features: X
Requires (min): 386
LHARK
0.4d
Dec. 1996
37 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Kerwin F. Medina
E-mail: kerwin@infoserve.net
Algorithm(s): LZH
Features: E L X
Requires (min): x86
LIMIT
1.2
Feb. 1994
28 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: J Y Lim
E-mail: jlim@cs.stanford.edu
Algorithm(s): Sliding window
dictionary + Huffman
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 286
LZAP
0.20.0
Jun. 1998
86 K B
DOS,Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Mike Goldman
E-mail: whig@by.net
Algorithm(s): LZ77 and LZP
variants
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 386
LZOP
1.00w
Apr. 1998
61 K B
DOS,Win32,Unix,OS/2
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Markus Oberhumer
E-mail: markus.oberhumer@jk.uni-linz.ac.at
Algorithm(s): LZO1X
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
LZS
3.1
1992
37 K B
DOS,Win32
Demo
No Free Uncompress
Author: Stac Electronics
E-mail: info@hifn.com
Algorithm(s): LZS
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
MDCD
1.0
Oct. 1998
83 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Mike Davenport
E-mail: miked@ionet.net
Algorithm(s): LZW
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
MSXIE
1.40
Dec. 1997
62 K B
DOS
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Mecury Soft Technology
E-mail: mercurysoft@technologist.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: S
Requires (min): x86
NSK
5.0
1997
63 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Nashsoft Systems
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E G
Requires (min): x86
NULIB
3.24
Jan. 1993
66 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Andy McFadden
E-mail: fadden@uts.amdahl.com
Algorithm(s): LZW variants
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
OOP
2.3
Nov. 1997
103 K B
DOS
???
???
Author: TonyTown Software Ltd.
E-mail: mrbrown1602@yahoo.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
PAK
2.51
Oct. 1990
100 K B
DOS
Sharware
No Free Uncompress
Author: NoGate Consulting
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): LZ, Huffman,
Sliding Window+Huffman
Features: A E X
Requires (min): x86
PAK-DD
1.0a
1997
22 K B
DOS
Sharware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Dmitry Dvoinikov
E-mail: ddvoinikov@geocities.com
Algorithm(s): LZ
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 386
PAR
1.49b
May 1999
645 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Philipp Druyts
E-mail: philipp@village.uunet.be
Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler
+ Huffman
Features: E G L
Requires (min): 386
PECOMPACT
1.24.2
Mar 2000
45 K B
Win32
Shareware
N/A
Author: Jeremy Collake
E-mail: jeremy@collakesoftware.com
Algorithm(s): LZSS with
Lazy Evaluation, Gamma Encoding, more...
Features: G L X
Requires (min): 386
PKARC
3.5
Apr. 1987
70 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: PKWARE Inc.
E-mail: support@pkware.com
Algorithm(s): Huffman, Dynamic
LZW
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
PKPAK
3.61
Aug. 1988
116 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: PKWARE Inc.
E-mail: support@pkware.com
Algorithm(s): Huffman, Dynamic
LZW
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
PKZIP
2.50
Mar. 1999
202 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: PKWARE Inc.
E-mail: support@pkware.com
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: A E M X
Requires (min): x86
PKZIP
WIN
2.70
Dec. 1997
1024 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: PKWARE Inc.
E-mail: support@pkware.com
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: A E G L M X
Requires (min): 386
PPMC3h
Dec. 1999
100 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Arturo Campos
E-mail: dario_phong@mixmail.com
Algorithm(s): PPM
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
PPMD
vE
Dec. 1999
44 K B
Win32
Freeware (GPL with source)
Free Uncompress
Author: Dmitry Shkarin
E-mail: shkarin@arstel.ru
Algorithm(s): PPM
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
PROPACK
2.14
Oct. 1992
35 K B
DOS
Free for Non-Comm. Use
No Free Uncompress
Author: Rob Northen Computing
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E X
Requires (min): x86
PUT
3.47
Jan. 1998
215 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Jim Hass
E-mail: 73057.3113@compuserve.com
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman variants
Features: G
Requires (min): x86
QUANTUM
0.97
May 1995
169 K B
DOS,Win
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Cinematronics
E-mail: davids@cruzio.com
Algorithm(s): LZ77 variant
+ arithmetic coding
Features: M
Requires (min): 386
QUARK
1.0beta
May 1993
118 K B
DOS,Win
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Kunz Robert
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E M X
Requires (min): x86
RAR
2.60
Nov. 1999
261 K B
BeOS,DOS,OS/2,Unix,Win32
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Eugene Roshal
E-mail: roshal@rarsoft.com
Algorithm(s): LZ77 variant
+ Huffman
Features: A E G M P S X
Requires (min): x86
RKIVE
1.92b1
Feb. 1998
130 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Malcolm Taylor
E-mail: mtaylor@clear.net.nz
Algorithm(s): Reduced-offset
LZ, PPMZ
Features: E L M S
Requires (min): 386, 4MB RAM
RK
1.02a1
Nov. 1999
248 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Malcolm Taylor
E-mail: mtaylor@clear.net.nz
Algorithm(s): Reduced-offset
LZ, PPMZ
Features: E L M X
Requires (min): 386, 4MB RAM
SAR
1.0
Mar. 1993
25 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Streamline Design
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): LZH
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
SBX
1.3
Jan. 1998
218 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: SpinnerBaker Software
E-mail: budbaker@spinnerbaker.com
Algorithm(s): LZH Variant
Features: G L X
Requires (min): 386
SKY
1.15
Jul. 1997
56 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Jean-Michel Herve
E-mail: jean-michel.herve@ace.epita.fr
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: M X
Requires (min): x86
SONARC
2.1i
Jun. 1994
70 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Richard P. Sprague
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
SPLINT
2.1
Apr. 1989
22 K B
DOS, Unix
Freeware
Free Uncompress with Source
Author: Kenji Rikitake
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E
Requires (min): x86
SQUASH
1.21
May. 1997
19 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Dominik Murk
E-mail: dominik@iridis.com
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
SQUISH
1.0
Sep. 1992
15 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Mike Albert
E-mail: 70325.1134@compuserve.com
Algorithm(s): LZSS, Adaptive
Huffman, Run length
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
SQWEZ
2.2
Nov. 1994
52 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Jim Miller
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: G X
Requires (min): x86
SQZ
1.08.3
Jan. 1993
116 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Jonas Hammarberg
E-mail: jhammarberg@compuserve.com
Algorithm(s): LZ77 variant
Features: X
Requires (min): x86
SUPER PACK
2.0
Apr. 1995
141 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Kai Gossens (Future-Dreams Entertainment)
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E G M X
Requires (min): x86
SZIP
1.11beta
Apr. 1998
30 K B
AIX,DOS,Unix,Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Michael Schindler
E-mail: michael@compressconsult.com
Algorithm(s): Sort Transformation
+ Arithmetic
Features: (none)
Requires (min): 386
TSCOMP
1.3.21
1991
26 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: The Stirling Group
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
UC2
3.0
Jun. 1995
239 K B
DOS
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Ad Infinitum Products
E-mail: desk@aip.nl
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: A E G L M P S X
Requires (min): x86
UC
2.37beta
Apr. 1996
400 K B
DOS
Shareware
Free Uncompress
Author: Ad Infinitum Products
E-mail: desk@aip.nl
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: A E G L M P S X
Requires (min): x86
UFA
0.04b1
Mar. 1998
64 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Igor Pavlov
E-mail: support@7-zip.com
Algorithm(s): Arithmetic
coding, LZ + arithmetic coding, PPM
Features: E L S
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
UHARC
0.2
Dec. 1997
100 K B
DOS
Freeware (Not for commercial use)
Free Uncompress
Author: Uwe Herklotz
E-mail: uhe@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
Algorithm(s): LZ77 dictionary
scheme with order-1 literal-coding
Features: S
Requires (min): 386
WAVARC
1.1
Aug. 1997
139 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Dennis Lee
E-mail: denlee@ecf.utoronto.ca
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
WAVPACK
3.1
Oct. 1999
80 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: David Bryant
E-mail: david@bryant.org
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
WINZIP
7.0 SR-1
Oct. 1998
921 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Nico Mak
E-mail: support@winzip.com
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: E G L M X
Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM
WWPACK
1.20b2
Nov. 1999
548 K B
Win32
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Piotr Warezak & Rafal Wierzbicki
E-mail: pwarezak@webmedia.pl
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: G L X
Requires (min): 386
X1
0.95a
May. 1997
240 K B
DOS,OS/2,Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Stig Valentini
E-mail: x1develop@dk-online.dk
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: L P S
Requires (min): 386, 4MB RAM
XE
1.4.3
Jan. 2000
77 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: JauMing Tseng
E-mail: kevin@gv.com.tw
Algorithm(s): LZx
Features: S
Requires (min): x86
YAC
1.02
Sep. 1995
68 K B
DOS
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Aleksandras Surna
E-mail: as@ashurna.msk.ru
Algorithm(s): LZH Variant
Features: M S
Requires (min): x86
ZET
0.10b
Mar. 1994
29 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Oleg V. Zaimkin
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: M
Requires (min): x86
ZIP-ARCHIV
2.6
Mar. 1996
85 K B
DOS
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Peter Troxler
E-mail: (unknown)
Algorithm(s): ???
Features: E G M
Requires (min): x86
ZIPCENTRAL
2.06
Jan. 2000
1114 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Johan Savas
E-mail: zcentral@hotmail.com
Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano,
Huffman
Features: E G L M X
Requires (min): 486, 16MB RAM
ZZIP
0.32d
Mar. 2000
33 K B
Win32
Freeware
Free Uncompress
Author: Damien Debin
E-mail: damien.debin@via.ecp.fr
Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler
Transform variant
Features: L
Requires (min): 386
ZOO
2.10
Jul. 1991
72 K B
Amiga,DOS,Unix
Shareware
No Free Uncompress
Author: Rahul Dhesi
E-mail: dhesi@bsu-cu.bsu.edu
Algorithm(s): LZ
Features: (none)
Requires (min): x86
Features Legend:
A = Authentication Verification (Security Envelope)
E = Encryption (Ability to encrypt/garble files in archive with password)
G = GUI (Graphical or Text Shell to manage archiver functions)
L = Windows Long Filename Support
M = Multi Disk Spanning (Ability to span an archive over two or more disks)
P = Data Protection Encoding (Stores Error Recovery Info)
S = Solid Archives (All files compressed together as one instead of individually)
X = SFX (Ability to create Self-Extracting Archives)
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