joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) (03/29/89)
Hi Folks. I finally found the 13 moria files. They are storea at Husc6.harvard.edu with file names like : Moria01.Z I downloaded them but they don't look like binscii or executioner files. I suspect the .Z was supposed to clue me in to their file type but I am baffled. How do I take these 13 files and make an application out of them? Thanks for the help. Seymour
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (03/29/89)
In article <Mar.28.13.33.45.1989.2408@elbereth.rutgers.edu> joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) writes: >I suspect the .Z was supposed to clue me in to their file type ... Very likely those are files that have been compacted with "compress". The sources for "compress" itself may be found in many source archives. You'll probably need a real computer, e.g. a UNIX system, to use for uncompressing the files.
ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft 862-6728", 814) (03/29/89)
Files with a .Z suffix which are stored on Unix machines are in compressed format -- use the uncompress program in Unix to uncompress them (this seems to be a pretty standard utility that everyone has). I'm not aware of a program to uncompress them on Apples. Anyone know of one? There is also a .z suffix, which indicates files packed with the 'pack' program, which uses Huffmann encoding. .Z files are packed with Lempel-Ziv.
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (03/29/89)
Note that I have seen a couple versions of compress ported to the IIgs; I have not ever seen one ported to anything smaller yet. It shouldnt be THAT hard, except that you have to have a C compiler ... sigh. -- Larry W. Virden 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 75046,606 (CIS) ; LVirden (ALPE) ; osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) The world's not inherited from our parents, but borrowed from our children.
rob@lucifer.UUCP (Rob Clive) (03/30/89)
In article <8903281714.aa01931@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft 862-6728", 814) writes: >Files with a .Z suffix which are stored on Unix machines are in >compressed format -- use the uncompress program in Unix to uncompress >them (this seems to be a pretty standard utility that everyone has). > ... .Z files are packed with Lempel-Ziv. Isn't this the coding used by ShrinkIt? How easy would it be to write something to translate ShrinkIt files to a format that uncompress could understand? P.S. Has anybody had trouble with IIplus unShrink? I can get to the bit where you select the file in the archive to be extracted but then the program seems to stop and won't respond to any key except RESET; that takes me back to the start.
nicholaA@moravian.EDU (04/05/89)
>P.S. Has anybody had trouble with IIplus unShrink? I can get to the bit where >you select the file in the archive to be extracted but then the program seems >to stop and won't respond to any key except RESET; that takes me back to the >start. Have you tried plugging something into your joystick port? It seems that on some Basis 108 machines (and possibly other Apple ][+ clones), the softswitch area does strange things to those who read it as opposed to "normal" apples. So, most likely, if you plug something into your joystick port, your problems will go away... andy ---- Andy Nicholas CsNET: shrinkit@moravian.edu Box 435, Moravian College InterNET: shrinkit%moravian.edu@relay.cs.net Bethlehem, PA 18018 uucp: rutgers!lafcol!lehi3b15!mc70!shrinkit ---- ALink PE: shrinkit