#Dealing with .ZIP files
03-Dec-91 01:54:51
Sb: #42094-#Dealing with .ZIP files
Fm: Dale D. Snell 74756,666
To: Christopher Tolmie 73657,3335
Chris and Jeff,
It's my understanding that PKAZIP is BROKEN (i.e., won't run at all)
on A3000s, and is seriously crash-prone on any Amiga running 2.04. (Heck,
it was buggy on a 2000 running 1.3.2.) There are some Zip/UnZip utilities
around that are in better shape. Also, be aware that PKAZIP doesn't
understand the latest version of .zip files. Moreover, PKWare has no
intention of supporting the Amiga any more. Granted, the Intuition
interface is pretty, and easy to use (though too busy for my taste).
However, I'd rather have a cli-based program that worked, than a WIMP
(Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointer) program that doesn't.
–dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM)
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