On 21-8-2012 22:17, Rugxulo wrote: >A few years ago I tested 7-Zip on my 486. It was smaller and faster >than almost anything, so it was a clear winner, not to mention being >open source and (more or less) portable. There's nothing wrong with >.ZIP, but .7z is clearly superior, at least on 386+ machines.
This is almost the opposite of what I found, also on a 486 (DX50, 16MB RAM, ISA bus): 7-Zip was a memory hog and slower than Zip, and the compression ratio (for usual DOS files) was not much better. However, I prefer the Windows version of 7-Zip to WinRAR on new machines. JAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
