#: 10078 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    31-Mar-91  20:11:11
Sb: #9982-#OSK Clib.l Order
Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432
To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X)

Mike:
        I don't use LHarc much except to unpack FidoNews.  I only use Zoo or
compressed tar files, since they are most widely available.  Since I don't deal
much with MS-DOS systems (only FidoNet nodes and FidoNet stuff - NODEDIFFs and
FidoNews), I don't feel any need to use these "poorly" designed MS-DOS
archivers.  I also have little desire to bother with the ultimate in
compression. Worrying about saving a few bytes here and there is not worth
hasseling with non-portable code.  I only bothered with UnZip so I could get at
some source code some MS-DOS people ZIP'ed...

        I didn't get a chance to read your message until late Sunday night. I
only call CIS on the weekend.  I snarfed the UnZip code from BIX's unix
listings. I did a quick & dirty port - sort of the pound to fit.  I think I did
things like delete the code to update the file attrs rather than try to put in
OSK code to handle it (I didn't care about preserving file dates, etc.) and I
didn't even look to see if unzip dealt with text file handling (i.e. fixing
MS-DOS's CRLF's to UNIX's LFs or OSK CR's) - since I have a program to converts
between text file formats this was an unneeded feature.

        CompuServ's file xfer is also very slow (I only have an XModem/checksum
program) - seems to have very large packet turn-around delays.  CompuServ's
"local" number is also a long distance phone call, so I really don't want to
stay on too long.  The best thing is this:  I can put my UnZIP code onto a
Universal Format 3.5" floppy and send it via Snail Mail.
                        Robert

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