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  1. Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!kko
  3. From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
  4. Subject: Re: What to do with *.zip?
  5. Message-ID: <kko.725533589@sfu.ca>
  6. Sender: news@sfu.ca
  7. Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
  8. References: <1992Dec28.072525.27613@nuscc.nus.sg> <BzynzM.Aqu@unix.portal.com>
  9. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:06:29 GMT
  10. Lines: 65
  11.  
  12. claebaur@shell.portal.com (Tony S Annese) writes:
  13.  
  14. >eng10459@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN CHEE LEONG) writes:
  15. >>I have been trying to download zipped files from some ftp sites.
  16. >>Unfortunately, I do not know how to proceed from there, ie. how do I
  17. >>unzipped these files?
  18.  
  19. >Well there are 2 things that you could do. The first is what Timo will
  20. >probably say. Read the FAQ posted on Saturdays. Or you can archie a file
  21. >called pkz110.exe or one called pkunzip.exe.  Pkunzip is one file contained in
  22.  
  23. I prefer to use the "spoon-feeding" approach ... :)
  24. So, to the original question ...
  25.  
  26. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  27. Program: PKWare ZIP create / extract package
  28. Version: 1.10  (export (= no encryption))
  29. Upload Date: 90/04/02
  30. File: pkz110eu.exe (self extracting)
  31. Size: 140,116 bytes
  32. Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
  33.           garbo: /pc/arcers
  34. Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
  35. Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for PCs ... 200% a MUST ...
  36.          pkz193a.zip, an alpha version, is obtainable from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
  37.          (in the directory /pc/exec-pc) ...
  38.          BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get
  39.          zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) (oak only) ...
  40. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  41. Program: Info-Zip's Unzip
  42. Version: 5.0
  43. Upload Date: 92/08/30
  44. File: unzip50.exe  (self-extracting)
  45. Size: 37,211 bytes
  46. Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
  47.           garbo: /pc/arcers
  48. Status: Freeware
  49. Comment: unzip 5.0 is a superset of unzip 4.2 ... and it can handle files
  50.          zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93 ...
  51.          Source codes (for many OS): unzip50.zip
  52. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  53.  
  54. Get these from a ftp site near you ...
  55.  
  56. Mirror Site             IP                 Directory
  57. -----------             --                 ---------
  58.  
  59. I. Simtel20 Mirrors
  60. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil  192.88.110.20      PD1: <MSDOS.WHATEVER>
  61. oak.oakland.edu         141.210.10.117     /pub/msdos/whatever
  62. wuarchive.wustl.edu     128.252.135.4      /mirror/msdos/whatever
  63. ftp.uu.net              137.39.1.9         /systems/simtel20/msdos/whatever
  64. nic.funet.fi            128.214.6.100      /pub/msdos/Simtel20-mirror/whatever
  65. src.doc.ic.ac.uk        146.169.3.7        /pub/ibmpc/simtel20/whatever
  66. nic.switch.ch           130.59.1.40        /mirror/msdos/whatever
  67. archie.au               139.130.4.6        /micros/pc/simtel-20/whatever
  68. nctuccca.edu.tw         140.111.3.21       /SIMTEL20/msdos/whatever
  69.  
  70. II. Garbo Mirrors
  71. garbo.uwasa.fi          128.214.87.1       /pc/whatever
  72. wuarchive.wustl.edu     128.252.135.4      /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever
  73. archie.au               139.130.4.6        /micros/pc/garbo/pc/whatever
  74. nctuccca.edu.tw         140.111.3.21       /Garbo/pc/whatever
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