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March 09, 2006 7-ZIP instead of ZIP for DMD and DMC | ||||
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Is it possible to compress DMD and DMC with http://www.7-zip.org/ instead of plain ZIP? For example, the latest DMD release compresses down to 2.31 MB as a 7z archive instead of 3.72 MB as plain ZIP. Would be nice for anyone with a dial-up modem internet connection. (which means, me. ;-) Billy |
March 10, 2006 Re: 7-ZIP instead of ZIP for DMD and DMC | ||||
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Posted in reply to Billy | Billy <Billy_member@pathlink.com> wrote in news:duq9gk$1dbr$1 @digitaldaemon.com:
> Is it possible to compress DMD and DMC with http://www.7-zip.org/ instead
> of plain ZIP? For example, the latest DMD release compresses down to
> 2.31 MB as a 7z archive instead of 3.72 MB as plain ZIP.
> Would be nice for anyone with a dial-up modem internet connection.
> (which means, me. ;-)
>
> Billy
Billy,
why not use .rar files?
~/gnf.pt
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March 11, 2006 Re: 7-ZIP instead of ZIP for DMD and DMC | ||||
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Posted in reply to gf | In article <Xns9782F394FFD19mzy2kyahoocom@63.105.9.61>, gf says... >why not use .rar files? My question was aimed at the maintainers of the Digital Mars site. It would save me time and money if they provided smaller downloads. I'm not sure if they have a licensed copy of WinRAR so I suggested 7-ZIP which is free, increasingly popular, and compresses at least as good as RAR in most cases. Billy |
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