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- From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Date: 1997/09/13
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Richardson, TX
- References: <5ve58e$p51$1@mentor.telis.org> <341ab8d8.3433831@129.3.17.35> <341A85BB.1566@swbell.net> <5vfobh$q7h$1@the-fly.zip.com.au>
Alex Maddison writes ...
>
> Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:
>
> : Interesting info ... . It would be nice to know why disk image
> : (.DSK) files are not compressed using standard PKZip. ....
> Gzip is used over PKZip for the simple reason that until the advent of
> WinZip, Zip files didn't support long filenames. ....
Of course! Thanks for the explanation. Clearly, there are pitfalls in
spending so many years on a '486 with Windows 3.1. A new K6 board and new Windows
should provide the necessary intro to the wonderful world of long file names.
Rubywand