WinZip(R) version 5.6 beta 1.0
Copyright (C) 1991-1994 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

PRE-RELEASE VERSION

See the file README.TXT for installation instructions.

The Internet is becoming more and more popular, and unlike
CompuServe and most other online services, not all parts of the
the Internet have standardized on the ZIP file format.  Many
Internet sites distribute files in "gzip" and Unix "compress"
format (files ending in a Z) and use the old TAR (Unix Tape
ARchive) format to group files.

WinZip 5.6 adds support for the Z and TAR formats.  This lets you
use WinZip to work with almost all compressed files downloaded
from the Internet.  WinZip 5.6 also lets you decompress files in
the "Microsoft Compress" format used on the Windows 3.x
distribution disks and some other Microsoft product distribution
disks.  No external programs are needed for these file formats.

Some notes on these new features:

- WinZip does not let you create files in these formats, but other
  features (Extract, View, CheckOut) all work.

- Unlike ZIP, TAR, LZH, ARJ, and ARC files Microsoft-compressed
  files and Z files (gzip/compress) contain only ONE file.

- Unlike ZIP, LZH, ARJ, and ARC files, TAR files are NEVER
  compressed.

- Since TAR files are often distributed in Z format (with
  extensions like .TAZ and .TGZ) WinZip treats Z files containing
  containing a TAR file as a special case:  WinZip offers to
  decompress and open the TAR file.

- There is no reliable way to determine the uncompressed size of
  files in the gzip and compress format, so WinZip shows the size
  as a question mark.

Other minor changes since WinZip 5.5a:

- The archive's drive letter is no longer included in the WinZip
  title bar.  You can get the old behavior by adding the line
  DriveInTitle=1 to the [WinZip] section in your winzip(nt).ini.

- A new checkbox in the Configuration dialog box determines
  whether the right mouse button pops up a menu or selects listbox
  entries as in earlier versions.

- As in earlier versions of WinZip the default radio button in the
  Extract dialog box is "Selected Files" if any files are
  selected.  If you prefer the default always be "All Files" add
  the line "DefaultExtractAll=1" to the [WinZip] section of your
  WINZIP.INI (or your WINZIPNT.INI if you are running the Win32
  version).

- Conversion from long names to MS-DOS 8.3 filenames is smarter
  than in previous versions:  a name like XXX.YYY.TXT is now
  converted to XXXYYY.TXT rather than being truncated to XXX.YYY.

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