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From: sbanner1@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (S. John Banner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC/Mainframe File Compression
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Date: 20 Sep 89 16:54:21 GMT
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nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff) writes:

>I am looking for software that can be used to compress a file on the
>mainframe that has a counterpart to de-compress on the PC once the
>file has been dowloaded.  Anyone doing anything like this or know
>of any software that will work?  BTW, the above should say IBM mainframe.
The listserv at BLEKUL11 has zoo for IBM mainframes, as well as
compress (which I believe is compatable with the UNIX compress).  I
havn't had a chance to look at them, so I can't comment, but at
least you now know where to look (I understand that that node is
somewhere in Denmark, or there abouts if that helps).  They also
claim to have ported Rogue, Larn, and Moria to CMS (yes, the above
are for CMS, not MVS, or any of the other systems), though I havn't
looked at those either (Curses for CMS??? they claim it works...).

		    sjb.