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Re: Wintel ->Mac archive uility needed

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00
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Larry Stoter <LPS@teknesis.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> A number of PC-based compression formats are accessible via Mac
> applications. The commonest (?) PC format .ZIP can be unzipped by a a
> sharware application called ZipIt, which will also zip files on the Mac
> and handle binhex 4 and Macbinary. It will also segment large files.
> ZipIt is available from the usual ftp sites.

Stuffit Expander (with Expander Enhancer) or Stuffit Deluxe will also
unzip with no problems.  I've also found newser versions of ZipIt to be
very unstable.
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From: Newsmaster@pwomar.demon.co.uk (Paul Womar)
Subject: Re: Wintel ->Mac archive uility needed
Date: 1998/01/01
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