marwood@DMC-CRC.ARPA.UUCP (03/15/87)
Ralph Hyre asks about the significance of .?z? files. These files are crunched files, which use a data compression algorithm which generally produces smaller compressed files than the "squeezed" .?Q? files. The means to "crunch" and "uncrunch" may be found in PD:<CPM.SQUSQ> CRUNCH23.LBR.1 on SIMTEL20. Crunched files should not be confused with .AZM files which are used as source files by several Z80 assemblers, e.g. Z80MR. Non-crunched .?Z? files crunch into .ZZZ files. Gordon Marwood
ken@rochester.UUCP (06/14/87)
Is there a version of uncrunch that runs on Unix systems? Ken ken@cs.rochester.edu
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (06/14/87)
The latest version of UNCRunch for Unix is now available from SIMTEL20 as: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD:<UNIX.SQ-USQ> UNCR231D.C.1 ASCII 13664 591EH This is a LZW uncruncher, written by Frank Prindle, which is compatible with Z-80 CP/M program CRUNCH 2.3. --Keith Petersen Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA Uucp: {bellcore,decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz GEnie: W8SDZ RCP/M Royal Oak: 313-759-6569 - 300, 1200, 2400 (V.22bis) or 9600 (USR HST)