Re: 8-bit unzip utility

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <qOqdnV506ewPD-rbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Poster  <poster@!nospam!.aurora.cotse.net> wrote:

> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>> In article <Pine.GSO.4.64.0706182353440.9849@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>, bb065
>> @chebucto.ns.ca says...
>>> Was there ever an 8-bit way to deal with .zip archives? If so, what was it 
>>> called and where can it be found?
>> 
>> Sure!  There was for instance an UNZIP.COM for CP/M-80, runnable under Apple 
>> CP/M too, which can be found here:
>> 
>>   http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~jacobn/cpm/cpmfiles.html#A201
>>   http://www.filegate.net/cbm/8-cpm/
> 
> There's also PMPUNZIP.

Isn't PMPUNZIP a GS-only Apple II program?  That would exclude it from the
realm of 8-bit computing - right?


Of course one can always download the portable C source for Info-Zip's zip/unzip
from e.g.:

   http://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html#Sources

and compile it on any platform of one's choice, provided a suitable C
compiler is available for that platform.  With e.g. Aztec C, one ought
to be able to produce executable files also for the 8-bit Apple II.

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