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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: WANT: PKUNZIP
Message-ID: <282600002@adaptx1>
Date: 12 Feb 91 08:33:53 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    Feb 11 10:42:00 1991


>In article <1991Feb9.004309.2221@mdivax1.uucp> mdivax1!rmosher writes:
>>Many of the files posted to c.b.i.p are in ZIP format.  I understand
>>that this can be converted with PKUNZIP.  Sigh, annoying I know, but
>>would some kind soul please e-mail me a copy of this.  If possible, a
>>copy of PKZIP would also be appreciated.
>
> Q: Someone email me a .zip extractor (or something equally common)
>
> A: This is not a flame but a friendly piece of advice for you, and
>others occasionally posting similar wishes concerning easily
>available shareware and PD programs.
>    Better still than making an offhand request that may end up with
>several kind netters duplicating each others' efforts for your
>benefit by rushing to email your request to you, how about doing the
>work yourself and getting it from an ftp site, or a BBS near you.
>At our site the extractors can be found in the /pc/pd2 directory.
>For .zip files use pkz110eu.exe.
>STUFF DELETED

You know, I really get tired of this.  I have asked the same question of
the net a couple of times and *never* got a response from anyone on the
subject of PKUNZIP.  I still don't have it.  I don't have ftp capability
and many others that make these requests don't have it either.  I have tried
many times to access this file via email according to instructions on the
net and *never* got a response back from the so-called server.  Worse, I never
even get it bounced back.  It just goes into the proverbial bit bucket.
As far as BBS's go,....  I don't know any local BBS's, I don't run DOS,
and I haven't had the time to try to fix ecu3 to run on my SCO XENIX 2.3GT
OS.
I think the poster was quite correct in asking, as he probably won't get a
reply anyway.  If he does, I would appreciate it if he would send it to
me as well.
NOTE:  If I hadn't tried at least a dozen time to get it for myself and
made requests to the net for it as well, I wouldn't be so upset.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex