macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) (05/06/91)
Is there an implementation on the Mac that will allow me to uncompress unix ".Z" files? (You'd think there would be... anyone know where?) Please reply via email. Thanks much! - Chris =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: TfChris WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop)
afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry) (05/06/91)
In article <1991May6.050412.19437@wpi.WPI.EDU> macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) writes: > >Is there an implementation on the Mac that will allow me to uncompress >unix ".Z" files? (You'd think there would be...anyone know where?) >Please reply via email. > >Thanks much! >- Chris Get MacCompress 3.2 from sumex (anonymous ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu). The path is /info-mac/util/maccompress-32.hqx. It encodes and de-codes compress format. Cheers, Alan -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Alan R Fry | You know what I hate? afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | Rhetorical questions --------------------------------------------------------------
marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen) (05/08/91)
Has anyone had any problems with MacCompress 3.2? I tried it once and it crashed my system consistently. Maybe there was an init conflict or something, but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen strange behavior with this program. Mark Rosen marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu
John_Shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca (John Shinnick) (05/08/91)
> marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu writes: > > Has anyone had any problems with MacCompress 3.2? I tried it once and > it crashed my system consistently. Maybe there was an init conflict > or something, but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen strange > behavior with this program. > > Mark Rosen > marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu I have had precisely the same problems and have not been able to uncompress any files with the ".z" suffix. Is it because I don't have enough RAM (1meg)? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ??? >>---o o----> **o** John Shinnick, Editor, Pacific Yachting Magazine *** Vancouver, Canada, V6B 2S2 --w--------w---------------------------------------------------------- |||||||||||||"Life is One Damn Thing After Another." ______________________________________________________________________
rsfinn@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn) (05/10/91)
In article <5788@mindlink.bc.ca> John_Shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca (John Shinnick) writes: > marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu writes: > > Has anyone had any problems with MacCompress 3.2? I tried it once and > it crashed my system consistently. Maybe there was an init conflict > or something, but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen strange > behavior with this program. I have had precisely the same problems and have not been able to uncompress any files with the ".z" suffix. Is it because I don't have enough RAM (1meg)? Every time I have had this problem, it has been because I neglected to turn off the LF-to-CR conversion feature in my telecommunications program (White Knight, in my case). Since .Z files are not MacBinary format, the software usually assumes they're TEXT files and performs this conversion. Unfortunately, MacCompress is very sensitive to corrupt files and usually locks up the machine pretty good. Make sure this isn't your problem; you may need to download the files again. -- Russell S. Finn rsfinn@lcs.mit.edu