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70 lines
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The Smallification Wars--Where Will It End?
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by Jerry Weichbrodt
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In the beginning there was ARC, and then there were PKARC, LHARC,
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DWC, PAK, ARJ, PKZIP, .... We all found ourselves combing the boards
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just trying to find the archiver to un-xxx (fill in your favorite
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archive suffix above) that terrific new utility we just downloaded
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from Joe Blow's BBS. Of course most of these folks wanted money for
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their latest-and-greatest (for this week anyway) archiver, so we
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walked around with guilt-ridden souls if we hadn't invested the
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customary $500 in archivers for all occasions. After all, the
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archiver of choice for a particular set of files really does depend
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on the phase of the moon, the 10.7 cm solar flux, the barometric
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pressure, and your horoscope, doesn't it?
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Ok, I guess I had myself all reconciled to this state of affairs.
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After all, everybody wants to make a buck, so the invention of the
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1,850th iteration of the mouse trap is just the American way. And
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then ... there was PKZIP version 2.04C. And then there was PKZIP
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version 2.04E. And then there was PKZIP version 2.04G. And then
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.... Well, I thought it would be fun to contemplate just where it
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might all wind up. Try this on for size, if you would:
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PRESS RELEASE
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PKZIP VERSION 2.04Z
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THE ULTIMATE IN COMPRESSION SOFTWARE
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Features:
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-Multiple archives in one cluster: Why waste an entire
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512, 1024, or up to 4096 bytes on one single file.
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PKZIP 2.04Z packs multiple zip-files into one cluster
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with PKWARE's new ZleepingBag (TM) technology, the
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best way ever to bag your zip-files.
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-New Something-to-Nothing File Fractionalization (SNUFF)
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compression algorithm reduces entire archive into one
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VERY informative byte*.
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-New -gbg (garble-but-good) option generates random passwords
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for encrypted archives. Nobody, but nobody, will be able
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to break into your secure data. Just try to unzip the
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file yourself, and see how well it works!!
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-New PKSFD option for creating self-deleting archives.
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This takes the "This tape will self-destruct in five
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seconds" concept one step further, applying it to the
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space-age realm of computers.
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-New -dm (delete-before-move) option deletes files from
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disk and then moves them to the archive. This ensures
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that archived files take up the smallest possible space
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(zero bytes).
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With this host of new options, can you afford to be without
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PKZIP version 2.04Z! Order your copy today and unclutter your
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hard drive with PKWARE's new PKUHDR (PK Unconditional Hard Disk
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Reformat) utility, included as a special bonus.
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*Note: The new SNUFF algorithm is available in PKZIP but is
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not supported in PKUNZIP. It is intended to be analogous with
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the popular WOM (Write-Only-Memory) integrated circuit chip.
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<end of release>
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I'm going to order my copy today. How about you? {RAH}
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Jerry Weichbrodt is an electrical engineer with General Motors in
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Milford, Michigan. He's also a new father, so a sense of humor
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is particularly important to him. His Internet address is:
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jerry.weichbrodt@semsog.com
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