(DOS/Windows & Macintosh Edition)

Summary of Winners:

DOS/Windows Tests
	Best Compression	Fastest Compression	Quickest Extractraction	Best Overall
Text	ENTROPY 0.5	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	SBC 0.860
Executable	RK 1.04.1	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	RAR (Win32) 3.00b5
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)	MONKEY'S AUDIO 3.96	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	MONKEY'S AUDIO 3.96
Graphics (TIF)	ERI32 5.1fre	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	ERI32 5.1fre
Calgary Corpus	RK 1.04.1	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	SBC 0.968
Canterbury Corpus	COMPRESSIA 0.96	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	SBC 0.968
Worms 2	RK 1.04.1	LZOP 1.00w	LZOP 1.00w	SBC 0.968

Macintosh Tests
	Best Compression	Fastest Compression	Quickest Extractraction	Best Overall
Text	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX
Executable	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX	ZIPIT 2.1	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> SIT
Sound (WAV)	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP	MacRAR 2.5b5
Graphics (TIF)	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP	MacRAR 2.5b5
Calgary Corpus	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX
Canterbury Corpus	Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> SIT
Worms 2	MacRAR 2.5b5	Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP	MacGZIP 1.1 + TAR	MacRAR 2.5b5

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