Re: Unzipping Slackware Linux...

[Kurt Kehler]

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:56:14 -0400 (EDT), Michael B. Trausch wrote:

>PKZIP for DOS is 16-bit.  It will NOT work.
>
>You need a 32-bit Version of an unzipping program.
>
>Unless they've made a DOSE32 binary of PKZIP, along with 32-bit calls, it
>WILL NOT work.

They have, though it took them a long time to get around to it.  I used
it to unzip my Zipslack.  From their website:

"PKZIP 2.50 for DOS will use DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) in
Windows 95/98, OS/2 and other DPMI supported environments to run 32-bit
code for better and faster compression performance."

>KK> http://www.pkware.com/shareware/pkz250dos.html

-- 
Kurt Kehler