Re: .gz Apple Programs...

[dnapoli@ee.net (Dick Napoli)]

In article <19950730.124432.12@yoda.in-berlin.de>, voss@yoda.in-berlin.de wrote:

> In article <19950730.122939.99@yoda.in-berlin.de>,
>           voss@yoda.in-berlin.de (Stefan Voss) wrote:
> 
> > [...]
> > 
> > No, you don't need a PC to uncompress .gz files. There's a Unix program
> > called "gzip" that handles these files. A GS port of gzip exists, too.
> > Should be on the major Apple II ftp sites like grind and caltech.
> > 
> 
> Sorry for following up my own article, but if you want to use gzip on a GS
> you'll also need a shell like GNO or ORCA shell to start it from. It's a
> port from Unix after all.
> 
    There is a utility called gz2pkz available on the internet (either at
caltech or
the grind site) which converts .gz to .zip format.  Then you need either 
PMPUnzip (shareware for $15 ) or Angel (freeware) to decompress the file.