Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: .tar.Z Message-ID: <10458@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 27 Jun 89 08:30:29 GMT References: <8906260924.aa01054@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article friedman@porthos.rutgers.edu (Gadi ) writes: >The unix compress program uses a huge hash table >that would be very difficult to implement on an apple. The hash table is used only for compression, not decompression. It's a standard LZW scheme, most likely using 16-bit codes. An Apple IIGS should have enough room to uncompress it. However, your best bet is to transfer the file to a real computer and do the work there.