1. Re: "Unzipping is a Can of Worms"
Yeah guys:
I consider myself an "intermediate-level" comp. user, but I find unzipping files
extremely easy with Winzip. It's pretty much a matter of click and go. Not
sure why Wallace is having trouble with it. I believe you can d/l a free copy
of it from many websites for Win 3.x or 95.
Hope this helps.
Frank
Irv wrote:
> At 02:20 PM 5/28/98 -0400, Wallace B. Riley wrote:
> >
> >Alan Tu asked for a uuencode program that runs under DOS.
> >
> >Irv replied with a program that he said would meet Alan's requirements, and
> >would run under either DOS or Windows/File Manager.
> >
> >I tried it and can't make it go.
> >
> Check the instructions and try again. Alan said it runs just fine.
> It works for me. I didn't write it, however.
>
> >I have a number of files that came in from the Listserv but are only
> >gibberish. Thinking that they might be uuencoded, I tried Irv's program on
> >them. They invariably generate general protection faults, working either
> >from File Manager or from DOS.
>
> There are some files here that contain HTML. It looks like:
> <HEAD><a href=> <b> etc.
>
> then there's UUEncoded data. It starts with something like:
> begin something 664
> 3OIFV84HGLKFTG2][G]4KSRT.......
>
> >
> >Some of them are zipped; I know not to try the program on them. I haven't
> >tried unzipping them yet. That's often a can of worms by itself.
>
> Unzipping is a can of worms? Perhaps you should get a copy of
> WinZip or ZipWhacker from any of the shareware sites. These
> programs make the process fairly simple: Point, click, done.
>
> >
> >(No way am I going to buy Windows 95 now, with Windows 98 just around the
> >corner. If Windows 98, when it appears, requires Windows 95 as a
> >prerequisite, I'll wait to see if a stand-alone version comes out, or until
> >I get definitive information that no stand-alone version will be released.
> >
> Wise choice. I wouldn't buy 98 until it has time to get the
> biggest bugs out. How long will that take? I don't know -
> Win 95 still has bugs.....
>
> Regards,
>
> Irv
