Re: .gz Apple Programs...

[voss@yoda.in-berlin.de (Stefan Voss)]

In article <3vcnot$kr4@crl2.crl.com>,
          raymac@crl.com (Raymond D. McAnally) wrote:

> Nelson John (john1118@delphi.com) wrote:
> : Okay, so I thought it was a dream come true when I stumbled upon an FTP site
> : containing TONS of old Apple programs... but was dismayed to find them all
> : compressed with .gz -- is there anything I can do about this? They are in
> : "image" form... whatever that is and ready to be de-compressed back into disks.
> : Help!
>  
> [...]
> software built into the provider. What you need to do is try to locate a 
> program called gunzip for DOS. and yes, you will need a PC to use it. If 
> no PC is available to you, I suggest you start making friends.

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.

Regards,
   Stefan

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Stefan Voss
(voss@yoda.in-berlin.de)