matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products) (07/11/89)
After a long time away from CP/M I'm getting my feet wet again. I bought an
Apple /// with Softcard over the Memorial Day weekend.
I've been perloining the local BBS's for interesting programs and utilities.
Now, I know that ????????.?Q? files are files that have been compressed with
SQ and can be uncompressed with USQ. But, I've scene a number of files with
????????.?Z? file names. What programs are these compressed by.
Second question. I can find a few programs that will de-ARC *.ark files
(compatible with MS-DOS *.arc files). Are there any CP/M programs to create
MS-DOS compatible archives?
Third question (related to the first). Any LU type program that handles
library management, and automatically squeezes/unsqueezes files?
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phone: (919) 469-8300 fax: (919) 460-8355 |ianj@sactoh0 (Ian R. Justman) (07/13/89)
In article <685@greens.UUCP>, matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products) writes: > Now, I know that ????????.?Q? files are files that have been compressed with > SQ and can be uncompressed with USQ. But, I've scene a number of files with > ????????.?Z? file names. What programs are these compressed by. Those files are compressed with a program called "CRUNCH". You use a program called "UNCRUNCH" to uncompress them. Those programs are self-documenting, so by typing "UNCRUNCH", "CRUNCH", "UNCR", "CR", or whatever, you will get a syntatical diagram on how to use the program. > > Second question. I can find a few programs that will de-ARC *.ark files > (compatible with MS-DOS *.arc files). Are there any CP/M programs to create > MS-DOS compatible archives? > Yes there is. It's a program called ARKxxx where xxx is the revision number. > Third question (related to the first). Any LU type program that handles > library management, and automatically squeezes/unsqueezes files? There is a program called NULU151 which does the job nicely. It will not only extract members of an .LBR file, it will unsqueeze them, too. However, I would like to see an uncrunching facility added to it. -- Home: Ian Justman |UUCP: |"One of the few 6612 Whitsett Drive | |die-hard CP/M North Highlands, CA 95660| pacbell!sactoh0!ianj |addicts left on this (916) 344-5360 | |planet"
larry.moore@f1.n250.z1.fidonet.org (larry moore) (07/14/89)
A Z as the middle letter of the file extension indicates a LZV crunched file. Look for crnch24.{.arc,.ark,.lbr} for source and uncrunch.com -
ARKP04 is the latest version of a SEA arcfile creator that runs under CP/M - UNARC16 is the latest version of a SEA arc member extracter/list.
Latest project is to have an UNZIP that runs under CP/M which extracts and list directory of a 'ZIP' archive - saw a note predicting within two months it'll be ready for release. A couple of us in Toronto are thinking of writing a 'zip' archive creation program that would run under CP/M (it's a slow hot summer and we've gotta do SOMETHING to keep the juices going :-) ).
Lots happening in a supposedly dead operating system.
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