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In article <C0G9w0.Dwr@unx.sas.com> sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust) writes:
>My understanding of, at least 1.93, is that it now matches coding so 
>that a zip is transportable across platforms.  If you use 1.93 and zip
>something (say a TIFF file or text) and then send it to someone on a
>Unix box, he can use ZIP 5.0 (the Unix version) to unzip it cleanly.
>This is not true of PKZIP which is restricted to PC's only.  ZIP has
>been ported to Unix, VM, Mac, and many others making compressed file
>exchange more like it always should have been, transparent to original
>platform.  This is especially important with graphic files which can be
>readily used under any of the platforms (unlike executables which rely
>on operating systems).

Say again?  I have sound files, text files, and other stuff on my BBS
in ZIP files.  Most of the files were created on a UNIX box,
downloaded to an Apple II, and passed on to my BBS (which runs on a
286).  All three machines have no problems dealing with ZIP
archives...whatever's inside, it'll unpack into usable form.

For IBM/clone-specific files (such as programs), though, other
compressors offer better performance than PKZIP.  I usually use ARJ
for those files.  Combine ZIP and ARJ with GIF, JPEG, and ShrinkIt (an
Apple II-specific archive format), and I have only five different
archive types on my system.

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