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.

Features Legend:
A = Authentication Verification (Security Envelope)
E = Encryption (Ability to encrypt/garble files in archive with password)
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)

DropStuff 7.0

Sep. 2002   PowerPC Shareware Free Uncompress Author: Aladdin Systems Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZ76 & Huffman variant, BWT, PPM Features: E X Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: Creates: hqx, sea, sit, sitx

DropTar 7.0

Sep. 2002   PowerPC Shareware Free Uncompress Author: Aladdin Systems Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler + Huffman, Shannon-Fano Features: S Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: Creates: tbz, tgz, tar

DropZip 7.0

Sep. 2002   PowerPC Shareware Free Uncompress Author: Aladdin Systems Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: (none) Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: Creates: zip

Expander 7.0

Sep. 2002 5827 KB PowerPC Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Aladdin Systems Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZ76 & Huffman variant (fast mode), and proprietary non-lz based algorithm (max mode) Features: (none) Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: arc, as, bin, btoa, bz, cpt, dd, gz, hqx, img, lzh, pf, pkg, rar, sea, sit, sitx, smi, spacesaver, tar, uue, Z, zip Creates: (none)

MacBzip2 0.0b2

Sep. 1999 192 KB 68k, PowerPC Freeware Free Uncompress with Source Author: SPDsoft & Julian Seward E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler + Huffman Features: (none) Requires (min): MacOS 7.0, 68020 Expands: bz2 Creates: bz2

MacGZIP 1.1.3

Sep. 1999 156 KB 68k, PowerPC Freeware Free Uncompress with Source Author: Jose Gutierrez E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: (none) Requires (min): MacOS 7.0 Expands: gz Creates: gz

MacRAR 2.5b5

Apr. 2000 576 KB 68k, PowerPC Shareware Free Uncompress Author: Guillaume Dufay & Eugene Roshal E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZ77 Variant + Huffman Features: A E P S Requires (min): MacOS 7.0 Expands: rar Creates: rar

MacTAR 4.2.1

Oct. 1999 72 KB 68k, PowerPC Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Joe Strout E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): N/A Features: S Requires (min): MacOS 7.0 Expands: tar Creates: tar

PKZIP (Mac) 2.03

Jan. 1998 152 KB 68k, PowerPC Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Ascent Solutions Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: A E Requires (min): ??? Expands: zip Creates: zip

SmartZip 1.0.1

Sep. 1999 372 KB 68k, PowerPC Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Vampire Software E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: (none) Requires (min): ??? Expands: zip Creates: zip

Stuffit Deluxe 7.0

Sep. 2002 15200 KB PowerPC Commercial No Free Uncompress Author: Aladdin Systems Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZ76 & Huffman variant, BWT, PPM Features: E M P S X Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: applesingle, arc, bin, bz, bz2, cpt, dd, gz, hqx, img, lha, mime, pf, pit, pkg, rar, sea, sit, sitx, smi, spacesaver, tar, uue, Z, zip Creates: applesingle, bin, bz, bz2, gz, hqx, lha, pkg, sea, sit, sitx, tar, uue, Z, zip

ZIPIT 2.1

Aug. 2001 648 KB 68k, PowerPC Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Tom Brown E-mail: [email protected] Algorithm(s): LZW, Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: E M X Requires (min): MacOS 8.6 Expands: zip Creates: zip

Features Legend:
A = Authentication Verification (Security Envelope)
E = Encryption (Ability to encrypt/garble files in archive with password)
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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