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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: Re: Uncompressing SLS files
Organization: NYC Public Unix
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1991 06:13:27 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.061327.2164@jpradley.jpr.com>
References: <5050@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>

In article <5050@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> dhmadsen@icaen.uiowa.edu (Donald H Madsen) writes:
>I downloaded compressed files from ftp.uu.net/sco-archive/SLS.
>
>When an attempt is made to uncompress the files the following error
>message is given:   "compressed with 16 bits, can only handle 12 bits"
>
>The compress in use is the one supplied with Xenix 2.3.3
>Suggestions will be appreciated.
>

On the UnixForum of Compuserve, there's source for Compress 4.3d, which
handles 16-bit compression in *nix, DOS, and OS-2.

 Jean-Pierre Radley   NYC Public Unix   jpr@jpradley.jpr.com   CIS: 72160,1341