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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:03:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
Sender: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
To: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
Cc: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970328092452.8471A-100000@binx.mbhs.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.NXT.3.95.970329000145.16235Q-100000@eagle1>
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First I didn't identify the info-zip port as a cp/m port.
Second, if you have access to genie and frequent
the oldies roundtable and frequent the cp/m sections I remember having run across
the .zip files and the .lbr file that contained the zip and unzip archivers there.
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, ..Nissim.. wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:
> 
> > nuqneH,
> > 
> > > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:14:36 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
> > > To: OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
> > > Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
> > [dd]
> > >
> > > First, the InfoZIP group has zip utilities that they claim are the
> > > "Third most portable program in the world."  (Behind hello, World and
> > > C-Kermit)
> > >
> > [dd]
> > 
> > And that's not true. There is *NO* InfoZIP's zip (or even unzip) for 8-bit
> > platforms and even for CP/M-86.
> 
> Is there tar/gzip for those platforms? And seeing as how there are at
> *least* 2 other unzip clones shipping with source included free, I don't
> think it would be a problem.
> 
> 
> ...Nissim...
> **** GUI? FUI! DOS prompt forever! ****
> OpenDOS: Free, multitasking DOS-    http://www.caldera.com/dos/
> DJGPP: Free 32-bit DPMI C compiler- http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
> 
> 


jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>

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