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From: andmp@np1a.bristol.ac.uk (D M Pickles)
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Subject: CP/M- and MSDOS-compatible file-crunching?
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Date: 31 Oct 90 18:17:42 GMT
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Does anyone know of a Crunching/Squeezing/Zipping-type method of
compressing ascii files, that would work under CP/M as well as either
MSDOS or UNIX?  If so, is the relevant software available in the
public domain?  The reason for my inquiry is that I have an occasional
need for transferring textfiles created on my Amstrad CP/M machine at
home, on 3-inch (*not* 3.5-inch!)  diskettes, to an IBM-PC machine at
work.  I achieve this via modem+kermit to the University mainframe, at
300 baud, which which takes forever and costs lots.  (I subsequently
download from the mainframe to a PC, at 9600 baud, which is fast and
free, so that step is trivial).  Any way of reducing the file size for
the modem transfer would obviously be very beneficial!  My only other
options are to buy expensive auxillary hardware and transport disks to
and from work, or to take up weight-training and carry one of the
computers instead...

Any help would be much appreciated.

David Pickles                                       andmp@uk.ac.bristol.np1a