Hello Sam - At 12:08 AM 10/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
I _think_ this incompatibility was introduced with 32 bit W9x versions of WinZip? It is a pain and I agree they shouldn't have done it. >In the case of one zip file that I downloaded I couldn't >even unzip it with the DOS version of PKUNZIP! In order to unzip >it I had to download and install WinZip on another machine and >then I had to copy the download to the other machine. The >extracted files didn't even require Windows in order to use them! >WinZip really sux, but I had to use it because the DOS version >wouldn't work with a file zipped by WinZip. I don't know why >anyone zips up files with WinZip. The DOS version of PKZIP is >the standard, and it is multi-platform compatible for either >DOS or Windows, and it is so much easier to use than WinZip. >WinZip is necessary only when you need to unzip a file originally >zipped by WinZip. Fortunately this problem is not encountered >frequently. Charles Angelich The Ghost in the Machine! DOS and W31 Tech website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost Stories, poems, music, and photos website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
