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- A2Z16A ARC/PAK -> ZIP file converter enhancement 9 Apr 89
-
- Included in this archive is a further "Toad Hall Tweak" of the original A2Z.PAS
- (v1.6) and the initial v1.6a tweak. I'm calling this v1.6b for the interim.
-
- No visible difference (to the user) from v1.6a. You still have the new
- 'x' option for ASCII compression (to use the PKZIP v0.92 '-ex' capability).
-
- Overall, several KB have been carved out of the .EXE program, and it appears
- to be significantly faster. I don't think I broke anything!
-
- I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions as to additional features.
-
- I'd suggest you do NOT throw away the original A2Z.EXE (v1.6) or its
- documentation until this 'enhanced' version is thoroughly tested.
-
- Kudos to the author .. this is one of the nicest ARC/PAK converters around!
- Now if I can only get it to carry over PAK comments to the new ZIP file ...
- (working on that .. maybe v1.6b).
-
- David Kirschbaum
- Toad Hall
- kirsch@braggvax.ARPA
- (919) 868-3471 (North Carolina)
-
- v1.6b
- - Further tightened up how A2Z gets file sizes, counts, etc.
- - Eliminated a bunch of clumsy error testing by using the DOS ERRORLEVEL
- value after a PKUNPAK or PAK EXEC.
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- v1.6a
- - Added '-X' switch during configuration for ASCII '-ex' compression.
- - Consolidated common code.
- - Tightened up error/log/screen messages.