Subject: How to handle .zip files

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 Q: I now have your files, but they have this .zip extension and
they won't run then I write their name at my DOS prompt.

 A: Please do not be offended, but this seems a problem of a PC
novice. The files are packed (also called archived) entities. This
is a special format of compressing files and packing several files
together. This really is standard knowledge for PC users, and if you
are not familiar with the system, just ask a knowledgeable fellow
user. As to my files, as well other .zip files, you can handle the
with a program called PKUNZIP with comes with pkz204g.exe, and even
some others. All the major (un)packing programs for MS-DOS are
available in the /pc/arcers and the /windows/arcers directories:
 202574 Feb 1 1993 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe
 pkz204g.exe PKWARE's pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix, zip2exe for .zip
or
 247148 Nov 29 1998 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/unz540x3.exe
 unz540x3.exe Info-ZIP's self-extracting unzipper (with 386 version)
For unzippping under the Windows 3.1x environment use e.g.
 629038 Sep 26 1997 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/arcers/wz16v63.exe
 wz16v63.exe WinZip for Win 3.1 w/Built-in ZIP, TAR, gzip, compress
   Note that if you use an out of date PKUNZIP version, it may
report a CRC error in your .zip file although the true reason for
your problems is using the out of date version. Likewise, if you
have failed to transfer the file in the binary mode, you may get an
unexpected, illogical error message like "requires PKUNZIP 3.0 or
higher version".
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