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From: esker@abaa.uucp (Lawrence Esker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Archivers
Message-ID: <4616@abaa.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 89 00:24:12 GMT
References: <8911052127.AA03986@astro.psu.edu> <37713@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Reply-To: esker@abaa.UUCP (Lawrence Esker)
Organization: Allen Bradley
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In article <37713@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> jac@muslix.UUCP (James Crotinger) writes:
>  The .Z files are compressed with the UNIX compress command, and can
>be uncompressed with the same (or with uncompress). Unfortunately I'm
>not aware of a P.D.  version of compress for the Amiga that can handle
>16 bit compression, which is the default if the file was compressed on
>a UNIX system.
>  Jim

Mark Rinfret's (sp?) program called MRBackup is a backup utility that uses the
unix compress format.  All backed up files that are not precompressed can be
saved as .Z files on the floppy.  The restore operation can do single file from
any source which will decompress any .Z file.  It uses selectable 12 to 16 bit
compression codes.  It is freely redistributable (maybe shareware).

The latest version I know of is v3.3C.  Supposed to be minor bug fixes from
v3.3 which is the latest I have.

Quite a bargin, a compress program and HD backup all rolled into one.
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