Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!bobmon
From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: compress for the PC
Keywords: unix compress PC IBM/PC
Message-ID: <17347@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 89 15:57:16 GMT
Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc
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There are versions of compress that run on PC's.  They generally need
lotsa memory, so 12-bit compress is more common than 16-bit compress.  I
think the UNIX compress's can usually deal with 12-bit if you tell them to.

The ZOO program exists in MSDOS, UNIX, and other forms, and is
specifically suited to file shipments between operating systems.  It
offers some file-grouping features in addition to the compression. 
Source code is available on various archives, at least including
simtel20.  I use it a lot, and I'm very happy with it.

(Its satanic predecessor :-), the ARC family, has been ported to UNIX,
but the file-name mismatch isn't really well handled and there are some
only-semi-compatible versions around.  There are also legal questions.)

(disclaimer:  I have nothing to do with ZOO, which is not a commercial
product, I just like the program a lot.  Please don't ask me to send you
the source code.)