mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/28/89)
}DONT POST UUENCODED COMPRESSED STUFF. } }Compress gets run on most stuff crossing the net, There is a problem with all this "compressed" "uuencoded" "otherwise not plain text" stuff: Not everybody can read it. I have gone to a lot of trouble to collect all the arcane programs necessary to get everything (even plain ascii text) back into a happy state on my base machine. We need a STANDARD SET of these things, which must be READILY available for all common computers. (Minimum: Portable Unix source, VMS, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Amiga, ...). The problem is not the existence or proprietaryness, but just finding out where to get them. There should be pointers posted occasionally, stuck at the top of archive lists, etc., to them. Specific question: the version of compress I have runs only on my 386 machine. I saw a full 16 bit one that runs of a regular PC - but can't find it now. Any pointers? A friend with a poor 286 needs it. Doug McDonald
rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) (03/28/89)
In article <45400008@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >There is a problem with all this "compressed" "uuencoded" >"otherwise not plain text" stuff: Not everybody can read it. >Specific question: the version of compress I have runs only on >my 386 machine. I saw a full 16 bit one that runs of a regular PC - >but can't find it now. Any pointers? A friend with a poor 286 needs it. JetRoff is one of those postings where some stuff (specifically the fonts and bitmaps) needed to be compressed and uuencoded for transmission. It seems that many 286 people have trouble building compress, so I made 286 (AT&T C SGS) and 386 compress binaries available. You can get the full list of goodies as indicated by my signature. Here is the relevant portion to answer your question. Source for compress is widely available, should you fear that there may be a virus or 'horse in the binaries. Miscellaneous Stuff You Might Want: 24342 Nov 6 17:36 /usr/jetroff/1.1/compress.286* #iAPX 286 Binary 25968 Nov 6 17:36 /usr/jetroff/1.1/compress.386* #iAPX 386 Binary 12599 Nov 27 08:18 /usr/jetroff/1.1/uudecode.286.Z* #iAPX 286 Binary 20264 Nov 6 17:35 /usr/jetroff/1.1/uudecode.386.Z* #iAPX 386 Binary 8219 Nov 27 08:18 /usr/jetroff/1.1/uuencode.286.Z* #iAPX 286 Binary 10949 Nov 6 17:34 /usr/jetroff/1.1/uuencode.386.Z* #iAPX 386 Binary 8949 Nov 27 08:14 /usr/jetroff/1.1/uuencode.shar #Source Code -Rick -- Rick Richardson | JetRoff "di"-troff to LaserJet Postprocessor|uunet!pcrat!dry2 PC Research,Inc.| Mail: uunet!pcrat!jetroff; For anon uucp do:|for Dhrystone 2 uunet!pcrat!rick| uucp jetroff!~jetuucp/file_list ~nuucp/. |submission forms. jetroff Wk2200-0300,Sa,Su ACU {2400,PEP} 12013898963 "" \d\r\d ogin: jetuucp
jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) (03/28/89)
In article <45400008@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >We need a STANDARD SET of these things, which must be READILY >available for all common computers. (Minimum: Portable Unix source, >VMS, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Amiga, ...). The problem is not the existence >or proprietaryness, but just finding out where to get them. >There should be pointers posted occasionally, stuck at the >top of archive lists, etc., to them. > >Specific question: the version of compress I have runs only on >my 386 machine. I saw a full 16 bit one that runs of a regular PC - >but can't find it now. Any pointers? A friend with a poor 286 needs it. I keep u16.pc archived on this site. L.sys: rpp386 Any ACU 2400 12142506272 in:--in:--in: uucp Snatch: uucp rpp386!/usr/archive/u16.pc/u16.pc.1 /usr/spool/uucppublic uucp rpp386!/usr/archive/u16.pc/u16.pc.2 /usr/spool/uucppublic uucp rpp386!/usr/archive/u16.pc/u16.pat.1 /usr/spool/uucppublic uucp rpp386!/usr/archive/u16.pc/u16.pat.2 /usr/spool/uucppublic For more info: uucp rpp386!/usr/archive/archive /usr/spool/uucppublic -- John F. Haugh II +-Quote of the Week:------------------- VoiceNet: (214) 250-3311 Data: -6272 | "Do not drink and bake" InterNet: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US | -- Arnold Swartzenegger UucpNet : <backbone>!killer!rpp386!jfh +--------------------------------------