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From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Tue Jun 19 16:43:32 2001

> >I think a version of UNZIP was written for just about every old computer
> >at some point or another (I know an Apple ][ version was eventually
> >written in the late 80s).
>
> I know that the Amiga and Atari ST's had their versions, but
> there was a fairly major format change at some point that could cause
> a problem for older versions of the software on non-PC clones.

A Commodore 64 can dissolve PKZIP2 files nowadays, as well as GNU zip.
In fact, .d64.gz is becoming a popular format since many emulators support
it and Gunzip64 can turn it into a nice full disk on the native system.

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