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- From: davem@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave McCrady)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
- Subject: Re: files ending .?z?
- Keywords: Crunch
- Message-ID: <6qyBoB6w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:29:04 MDT
- References: <1992Jul21.112124.14928@sci.kun.nl>
- Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter Herweijer) writes:
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- > In article <1992Jul20.035233.25400@nuchat.sccsi.com> abbadon@nuchat.sccsi.com
- > >Ok, so it's been a while since I've used CP/M. I have a program
- > >to extract .?q? files. What do you use to extract files with
- > >.?z? extensions? I need this program to run under MS/DOS.
- >
- > Programs ending with .?Z? are compressed using Crunch, a
- > PD LZW-compressor for CP/M. I don't know of any MS-DOS software
- > that can handle this format --- it certainly isn't compatible
- > with any MS-DOS crunchers. There is also an LZH compressor
- > called CRLZH; files compressed by this program can be recognized
- > from their .?Y? extension. The best way I can think of to handle
- > this is to get LT29.COM --- a utility that can decompress
- > .?Q? .?Z? and .?Y? files and extract files from (NU)LU archives --
- > and a CP/M emulator for MS-DOS. Both should be available
- > from any good PD library that still carries CP/M software.
- >
- > - Peter Herweijer
- > --
- > neither do I pieterh@sci.kun.nl
-
- There is a DOS utility that will handle this. On Simtel:
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- PD1:<MSDOS.COMPRESS>UNCR-DOS.ARC Uncrunch CP/M `?Z?' crunched files
- PD1:<MSDOS.COMPRESS>UNCR233.ARC Uncrunch CP/M `?Z?' files on MSDOS w/wildcards
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