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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: compress program on SCO Xenix
Message-ID: <488@omen.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 06:20:26 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  8 06:20:26 1987
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Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon
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Keywords: SCO, Xenix, compress, port
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In article <198@gsg.UUCP> lew@gsg.UUCP (Paul Lew) writes:
:Question:	Anyone installed compress on SCO Xenix yet?
:
:Problem:	Compress is not doing anything, it runs but terminated
:		with the file unchanged.  There are some #ifdef M_XENIX
:		in the code but it may not be tested.

I have both 12 bit (small model) and 16 bit (large model with M_XENIX).
The large model compress chokes on some files (as does a version compiled
under MicroPort), but seems to uncompress 16 bit news feeds OK.  Be careful
of Microsoft "unsigned" right shifts that aren't unsigned.