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- At 07:40 PM 3/21/96 -0500, you wrote:
- >At 04:25 PM 3/21/96 -0800, Jim Phillips wrote this:
- >>I'm interested in sampling the objects at ftp.graphics.rent.com. All the
- >>files are .lha files. I have a PC and an ALPHA system. I suppose this is
- >>a zip type file format. Does anyone know where I can get an unzip program
- >>for these type files that will work on my system? And also, are the
- >>objects out there any good?
- >
- >LHA is a file compression format widely used in the Amiga world and it does
- >exist on other platforms in many forms.
- >
- >Unfortunately, I know of no LHA decompressor for the Alpha just yet. Some
- >adventurous Alpha owner could find a capable compiler and compile the Unix
- >"lharc" and you'd be set. For the PC, if you're running WinNT or Win95, you
- >could try LHANTX86.EXE on tomahawk.grandi.com somewhere in /pub/LWNT I
- >think. It's a self-extracting ZIP that has the executable and small text
- >file (original documentation I found was in Japanese so no way I could
- >translate it. :) ). This version is a hastily compiled version of "lharc"
- >based on source code I found for Unix. Some features don't quite work (like
- >compressing recursively through directories) nor did some work under the
- >variant of Unix I compiled it under for test purposes. However, I have had
- >good luck decompressing what I've thrown at it.
- >
- >DOS versions of LHA on the PC will truncate the file names or refuse to
- >decompress some of the content with Amiga based LHA files. LHANT can deal
- >with them with full file names.
- >
- >I still have intentions of completely re-writing LHANT with VisualC++ in
- >mind such that it can be compiled on any platform with VisualC++... But
- >with my work schedule, this continues to elude me.
- >
- >Have fun,
- >Dan
- >--
- >Daniel J. McCoy - djmccoy@pacificnet.net or dan@acti.com
- >http//www.pacificnet.net/~djmccoy
- >
- >
- The PC that I have is used strictly for Photoshop, and other stuff that
- won't run on my ALPHA. It's running WINDOWS 3.1 so I guess I won't be able
- to sample this stuff. Is that right?
- Jim Phillips
- phillips@ro.com
- LW/DEC ALPHA 21164-300/PVR
- "Experience is a hard teacher, It gives the test first,
- and the lesson later..."
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