Sam, Pkzip 2.5 was in fact released while Phil was still alive.
I had to submit evidence of ownership to get my licensed upgrade from 2.04g to 2.5 for DOS. I'll do a test on my Win9x/DOS machine and see how 2.5 handles WinZip files. ~~Garry * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [SURVPC] Why upload Winzip > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:00:03 +0000, > Garry Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > <snip> > > Yes, I have tried it. The PKZIP version 2.5 for DOS works just like > everyone's most beloved version 2.04g for DOS. I have used version > 2.5 for DOS a couple of times in order to unzip a couple of downloads > which would not unzip with version 2.04g. I myself have never tried > it for WinZip files either. I believe version 2.04g was the last > "kosher and legitimate" version of PKZIP written by the original > developer, Phil Katz, from whose initials we have the name PKZIP. As > you probably know, Phil Katz passed away a few years ago in a most > untimely manner as a tragic victim of alcoholism. Most of us have read > the obits and and eulogies which were posted in many mailing lists and > newsgroups. > > If anyone ever finds out whether version 2.5 for DOS is compatible with > files which have been zipped with any version of WinZip, please let us > know. > > Sam Heywood > -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ 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
