QL Unzip Workarounds For those having problems with the self-extract version of Unzip on both Jonathan Hudson’s page and my Archivers page, I’ve created a couple of solutions.
First, I’ve added a zipped version of Unzip 5.41 for the QL. If you already have an earlier version of QL Unzip, you can use this to unzip it to update. Second, I’ve created a program called JOB2BAS which can convert a QL executable job program file to a S*BASIC program as DATA statements, along with a few lines of BASIC to decode it on the target system. This allows job files to be sent through Windows etc since S*BASIC programs are not affected by the loss of QL file headers. Simply running the created S*BASIC program on the target system recreates the job file. JOB2BAS is offered as a beta test version. It seems to work on my system, but obviously I would be glad to hear of any problems anyone might find with it. For those who don’t already have a copy of QL Unzip, I’ve also added copies of Unzip 5.32 and Unzip 5.41 as S*BASIC programs on the same page. To make a copy of Unzip just run unzip532_bas or unzip541_bas and it will SEXEC a copy of Unzip on that system. Enough to get you going without having to fight with the self-extract version which seems to have problems on modern systems with level 2 file systems. Unzip 5.41 will give a warning message about missing Signal Extensions on some QL and emulator systems. This is just a warning and can be ignored – the program will work with or without them.If the warning makes you uncomfortable, use the 5.32 versions which don’t do this. http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/arch/index.html Dilwyn Jones _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
