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From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (jeffrey schweiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Zip program
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Date: 13 Nov 90 19:25:45 GMT
References: <Nov.3.09.54.21.1990.1065@caip.rutgers.edu> <16488@smunews.UUCP>
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In article <16488@smunews.UUCP> bjc@smunews.UUCP (Betty J. Clay) writes:
<In article <Nov.3.09.54.21.1990.1065@caip.rutgers.edu> trudel@caip.rutgers.edu (Jonathan) writes:
<>
<>Is there a program for the amiga  that deals with files compressed in
<>the Zip format?   I think it's something from the PC world.  
<>
<>If you have heard of such a program, please let me know its name, and
<>where I can find it (if it's on a Fish disk, which one?)
<
<
<There are several Amiga programs designed to unpack ZIP files, but the
<only one we have found to be reliable (and it will both pack and unpack) 
<is the one called PKAZIP.  It does not have a CLI interface, but is
<easy to use and has done a good job.  Among other places to find it,
<it is in Library 5 of AmigaUser Forum on CompuServe.  Sorry - I don't
<know the other places.
<
<Betty
<=====================================================================
<Betty Clay
<76702.337@compuserve.com
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Version 1.01 of PKAZIP can be found on Fred Fish Disk 318.

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