[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] zip

thompson@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Thompson) (08/18/90)

I don't know too much about this, but I recently was given a file with a
.zip extension.  Is the ZIP compression done by PD or commercial software?
If PD, where can I get a copy.  Thanks for any help

Todd

ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (08/18/90)

In article <87197@srcsip.UUCP> thompson@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd
Thompson) writes:
>I don't know too much about this, but I recently was given a file with a
>.zip extension.  Is the ZIP compression done by PD or commercial software?
>If PD, where can I get a copy.  Thanks for any help

Zip compression is handled by a self-extracting shareware package
pkz110.exe or pkz110eu.exe (the European version without special
encryption).  You can get the goods from any well-stocked BBS (if
you have a modem) or by anonymous ftp (if you have the
ftp-capability) eg from chyde.uwasa.fi (Vaasa, Finland,
128.214.12.3) directory /pc/pd2. 

...................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun

str@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Stephen T Rubinstein) (09/24/90)

Hello world,


I got a zip'ed file from a remove server.  Down-load'ed it to my pc, and then
when I went to de-zip it I got an error "file name loger then 255 char's" or
some such nonsence.  What gives?

Thanks in advance.

Stephen