[6553] in APO-L
The new compression format will be
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Nyman)
Wed Aug 18 11:42:24 1993
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:10:24 EDT
Reply-To: Rick Nyman <enyman@vt.edu>
From: Rick Nyman <enyman@vt.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
>I beg to differ on both these points. I registered my PKZip version when the
>2.0 came out and received the 2.00g (or something like that). I have been
>using it since I registered in January without problems, and until 4 weeks
Ok, sounds like I received wrong information. That sounds like a good
solid base.
>As for a version for the Mac, the latest INFO-ZIP portable unzip has been
>ported to a Mac and can upzip 2.xx archives without problems (including
>regular and junior self extracting zip files from a PC). This is something I
Ok, that sounds like we have the 2 major platforms dealt with, I'm
going to go ahead and begin (re)compressing every file on the site
with pkzip 2.04g. If someone could upload the file, either it will go
in the pub directory or I might have an incoming one by then for
security reasons. (Please leave it UNcompressed unless it is a self
extracting archive, thanks.)
For the record:
The ftp site, known as the /filebox/nyman directory of vtucs.cc.vt.edu
is now using the pkzip 2.04g compression standard. All files of a
reasonable size should be compressed with the exception of GIF
compressed graphics files and files that are small enough to make the
compression not worth it.
The compression utilities WILL be available on the site either in the
pub directory or in the compress directory after I finish
restructuring the directories.
Thanks for your help, If anyone needs instructions, send me private
email. There will be a README file on the host that I hope to put
current information on.
Rick Nyman
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