Sam, Have you tried pkzip for DOS, version 2.5?
I believe 2.5 was the first DOS version that supported Win9x style long names. I myself have not tried this with WinZip files. ~~Garry * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Angelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [SURVPC] Why upload Winzip > 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
