Version Twenty Four, Archive Comparison Table                  [15 May 1995]
                                                          [ACT\FEATURES.TXT]

A list of features, that each of the archiving programs used in the Archive
Comparison Table have.  This information has been obtained from the
documentation within each program.


    AIN: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, and test.
         AINEXE, turns .exe's into self-extracting and running executables,
         effects one file at a time.
         Multi-volume archives.
         Password encryption.

     AR: Add, delete, extract, list, and replace.

    ARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, run, tset, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.

    ARI: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Multi-volumn archives (REG).
         Self-extracting archives (REG).

    ARJ: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test, and update.
         Archive Security Envelope (REG).
         Multi-volume archives.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extraction archives.

 ARJ(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test, and update.
         Archive Security Envelope (REG).
         Multi-volume archives, including self-extraction.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extraction archives.
         Graphical front end.

    ARX: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list. move, test and update.
         Self-extracting archive.

   AMGC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, test, and update.
         Multi-volume archives.
         Password encryption.

  BSArc: Add, delete, freshen, test, update, more, list, and extract.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Split archive into 'x' sized chunks.
         Password protection.

  CRUSH: Add, extract, and move.
         
  CODEC: Add, delete, and extract.
         Password encryption.

    DWC: Add, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self extracting archives.

     HA: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.

    HAP: Add, delete, extract, and list.
         Move, Test (REG).
         Approximately twice as fast (REG).
         Registration number, and name (REG).

  HPACK: Add, delete, extract, freshen, replace, test, update, and view.
         Multi-Volume archives.
         Encryption.
         Data authentication.
         Multi-platform, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Windows, Mac, DOS
                         OS/2, UNIX.

  HYPER: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, and update.
         Self-extracting archives.

   IZIP: Add, delete, extract, freshen, move, test, and update.
IZIP386: Multi-platform, UNIX, VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, Atari,
                         Mac.
         Compatible with PKZIP.

JRCHIVE: Add, extract, list.
         Multi-platform, DOS, UNIX.
         Self-extracting archives.

   LARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, and list.
         Self-extracting archives.

    LHA: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
         Self-extracting archives.

 LHA(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
         Self-extracting archives.

  LHARC: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, update, and test.
         Self-extracting archives.
  
  LIMIT: Add, delete, extract, list, and test.

   MDCD: Compress, decompress, and list.

  NULIB: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, test, and update.

    PAK: Add, delete, extract, list, move, test, and update.
         Security envelope.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.

  PKARC: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.

  PKPAK: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.

 PKZIP1: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Authenticity Verification (REG).
         
 PKZIP2: Add, delete, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Multi-volume archives.
         Authenticity Verification (REG).

    PUT: Compress, and decompress.

QUANTUM: Compress, extract, list, and test.
         DOS & Windows version.

    RAR: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Multi-volume archives.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Authenticity Verfication (REG).
         EMS usage.

 RAR(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.
         Multi-volume archives.
         Password encryption.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Authenticity Verfication (REG).
         EMS usage.
         Archive conversion tool.
         New fancy self-extracting tool.

    SAR: Add, delete, extract, and list.

  SQWEZ: Compresses all files to  a self-extracting .exe file.

    SQZ: Add, delete, extract, list, test, and update.
         Self-extracting archives.

     UC: Add, delete, extract, list, test.
         SAS, a tool to split the archive over multiple disks.
         Password encryption.

  UC(b): Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, rename, test, update.
         SAS, a tool to split the archive over multiple disks.
         Password encryption.
         Visual UltraCompressor, grpahical front end for UC.
         Multi-volume archives, including self-extraction.
         Self-extracting archives.
         Authenticity verfication / security envelope.
         Optimial damage protection.
         Near unlimited amount of files.
         Version Management.

  X1(b): Supports multiple formats.

 YAC(b): Add, move, update, freshen, extract, test, delete, and list.
         You can limit EMS & XMS usage, though YAC automatically
         detects physical memory even when using virtual memory.

    ZOO: Add, delete, extract, freshen, list, move, test, and update.

* (REG) in registed versions only.
