The good news is that modern CPUs are so fast that you'll hardly notice the extra work that zipping and unzipping a file involves. There are dozens of different programs to choose from, too. Some of the more popular ones are available for download right here on this page. Mostly because modems are so slow. Nearly all the files available on the net are zipped up because otherwise it would take even longer to download everything than it does now.
Zip files transfer roughly twice as fast as unzipped files because they are roughly half the size.
Let's Get Started The only tool you need is an unzip program. Modern unzippers are very easy to use, and once you've got one you can download anything else you like. Winzip for Windows 3.1. Winzip for Windows 95. Click here to start downloading Winzip for Windows 31, or here to get Winzip for Windows 95.