GK> : 04 Jun 12:28:34 MAX  Return from: "maxpipe.exe 5 " (255)
 GK> ! 04 Jun 12:28:34 MAX  Archiver error (errorlevel 255)
 GK> : 04 Jun 12:28:53 MAX  Download QWK packet
 GK> # 04 Jun 12:29:00 MAX  External program: "maxpipe.exe 5 "
 GK> : 04 Jun 12:29:00 MAX  Return from: "maxpipe.exe 5 " (255)
 GK> ! 04 Jun 12:29:00 MAX  Archiver error (errorlevel 255)
 GK> : 04 Jun 12:29:24 MAX  Download QWK packet
 GK> Does it sound like, perhaps, Maximus was unable to locate the
 GK> archiver?  How would I know which archiver it is?
 PR> Looks like you don't have this archiver defined, or the definition
 PR> doesn't have a complete command line.
Right!  I had not updated or copied over the path in reader.ctl to the new 
compress.cfg after the switch to OS/2.  Should work fine now.  I didn't know 
reader.ctl could use the same compress.cfg Squish/2 uses.
Thanks!
GK
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