(DOS/Windows) - May 12, 2002 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.

Many of these programs can be downloaded from the SAC Pack Archive.

Note, due to all the spamming efforts recently I have removed the mailto: links for the authors and put a space before and after the @ in their e-mail address. Copy any paste their e-mail address and then remove the spaces to contact them.

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 KB Win32 Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Igor Pavlov E-mail: (none) Algorithm(s): Arithmetic coding, LZ + arithmetic coding, PPM Features: E L S Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM

7-ZIP 4.23

Jun. 2005 1047 KB Win32 Freeware + Source Free Uncompress + Source Author: Igor Pavlov E-mail: (none) Algorithm(s): LZMA, PPMD, BCJ, BCJ2, BWT, LZ77 Features: E G L S X Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM

ACB 2.0c

Apr. 1997 42 KB 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 2.11

Nov. 2001 2637 KB DOS,OS/2,Win32 Shareware Free Uncompress with Source Author: Marcel Lemke E-mail: info [@} winace.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 KB 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 KB DOS Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Milen Georgiev E-mail: (unknown) Algorithm(s): ??? Features: E G M X Requires (min): x86

APACK 0.99b

Sep. 2000 66 KB DOS Free for Non-Comm. Use N/A Author: Joergen Ibsen E-mail: jibz [@} hotmail.com Algorithm(s): LZ77 Features: X Requires (min): 386

ARC 6.02

Jan. 1989 135 KB 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 KB 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 KB DOS Freeware Free Uncompress Author: RAO Inc. E-mail: artest [@} hotmail.ru Algorithm(s): LZ & Huffman variants, 2D-eri-ppm Features: E M P S Requires (min): 386

ARJ 2.62c

Feb. 1999 245 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB Win32 Shareware N/A Author: Alexey Solodovnikov E-mail: support [@} aspack.com Algorithm(s): LZ variant Features: G L X Requires (min): x86

BA 1.01beta

Nov. 2000 60 KB DOS Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Mikael Lundqvist E-mail: mikael.lundqvist [@} spray.se Algorithm(s): Burrows-Wheeler Features: (none) Requires (min): 386

BIX 1.00b7

Oct. 1999 90 KB Win32 Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Igor Pavlov E-mail: (none) Algorithm(s): Arithmetic coding, LZ + arithmetic coding, PPM Features: E L S Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM

BOA 0.58b

Feb. 1998 74 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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

COMPRESSIA 0.96

Mar. 2002 89 KB Win32 Non-Public No Free Uncompress Author: Yaakov Gringeler E-mail: YGringeler [@} Compressia.com Algorithm(s): ??? Features: L S Requires (min): 386

CROSSEPAC 1.35

Oct. 1994 121 KB DOS Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Digital Strategies Inc. E-mail: (unknown) Algorithm(s): ??? Features: (none) Requires (min): x86

DEEPFREEZER 1.05a

Mar. 1999 306 KB Win32 Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Binary Technology E-mail: mineko [@} satomi.design.co.jp Algorithm(s): ??? Features: E G L X Requires (min): 386

DropStuff 5.0

Aug. 1999 3560 KB 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 KB 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 KB DOS Shareware No Free Uncompress Author: Dean W. Cooper E-mail: dwcooper [@} ix.netcom.com Algorithm(s): ??? Features: E X Requires (min): x86

ENTROPY 0.5

Apr. 2002 96 KB Win32 Non-Public Non-Public Author: A. Ratushnyak E-mail: artest [@} go.to Algorithm(s): PPMd variant Features: L Requires (min): 386, 2MB RAM

ERI32 5.1fre

Feb. 2002 89 KB DOS Freeware Free Uncompress Author: A. Ratushnyak E-mail: artest [@} go.to 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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

HUFFMAN C.E. II 0.21q

Jun. 1999 1.06 MB Win32 Free for Non-Comm. Use Free Uncompress Author: Joe Jared E-mail: joejared [@} webworldinc.com Algorithm(s): LZ + Huffman Features: L Requires (min): 386

HYPER 2.6

May. 1992 18 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB DOS,Win32,Unix,OS/2,Amiga,BeOS Freeware Free Uncompress with Source Author: Info-ZIP E-mail: Zip-Bugs [@} lists.wku.edu Algorithm(s): LZH, LZW, Shannon-Fano, Huffman Features: E L M X Requires (min): x86

JAM Aug '96

Aug. 1996 38 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB DOS Freeware Free Uncompress Author: Miles Pawski E-mail: (unknown) Algorithm(s): LZW Features: (none) Requires (min): x86

LARC 3.33

Feb. 1989 54 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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 KB 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

LPAC 1.4

Feb. 2002 132 KB Win32, Linux, Solaris Free for Non-Comm. Use Free Uncompress Author: Tilman Liebchen E-mail: liebchen [@} ft.ee.tu-berlin.de Algorithm(s): Adaptive linear prediction Features: G L Requires (min): 386

LZAP 0.20.0

Jun. 1998 86 KB DOS,Win32