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   Paul Edwards to Paul Edwards   
   Re: compression   
   07 Jan 24 20:19:28   
   
   From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/01/24 20:09, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > It looks like comp.compression is now all-spam.   
   >   
   > I found this code:   
   >   
   > https://ncedc.org/qug/software/dos_utilities/comp430s.zip   
   >   
   > which is public domain C code that is   
   > capable of doing Unix "compress" to   
   > decompress UUCP news bundles.   
   >   
   > I wondered if info-unzip was capable of   
   > decompressing this format.   
   >   
   > There is an "unshrink.c" which sounds like   
   > it might, but it has apparently been modified.   
   >   
   > I'm happy to dumb down the comp430s code so   
   > that it fits within info-unzip capabilities.   
   >   
   > Any idea what the situation is?   
   >   
   > And obviously I have some work to do to   
   > integrate that code into a zip.c program   
   > (I have already written such a thing with   
   > zero compression).   
   >   
   > If there is an alternative suggestion I am   
   > open to that. But the alternative needs to   
   > also be C90-compliant public domain code.   
      
   Please ignore.   
      
   I have found what I need:   
      
   https://www.hanshq.net/zip2.html   
      
   https://www.hanshq.net/files/hwzip/hwzip-2.2.zip   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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