Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:02:03 -0500 From: "Mark Dodel" Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: PKZIP for OS/2 - ACT NOW! From: "Walter F. Metcalf" Hello everyone: PKWARE currently has an OS/2 version of their long popular PKZIP program available on their website at http://www.pkware.com . What sets this archiver program off from most others I've seen is that it is capable of spanning disks and splitting archives into multiple files. What makes it even more useful is that the old standard ZipCntrl now supports PKZIP for OS/2 v2.50, the current version of PKZIP. Put these two programs together and voila! you now have a work-around for the 2GB limit when backing up hard drives. NOTE: ZipCntrl does not yet support PkZip's spanning and splitting features, but Frank Fortson, author of ZipCntrl, told me he will likely be adding support for those features after he moves into his new digs. (Note: The shareware program RAR also spans drives, but the OS/2 version has only a command line interface with a very archane set of parameters and is not supported by ZipCntrl or any similar GUI program that I know of.) Even without additional ZipCntrl support, however, PkZip contains a lot of commands that make it easy to produce command files and multi-file archives. When you want to restore part or all of the drive, you have ZipCntrl's nice GUI to make the job easier. ZipCntrl is shareware and the registration fee is: $35 USD. You can download and/or register it either at http://www.bmtmicro.com or the authors' website at http://www.RPFSoftware.com . This product is still supported, and response to email inquiries is extremely quick and helpful. PKZIP for OS/2 is commercial software, and unfortunately is no longer supported. A statement on the web site indicates they will only be distributing it for a limited time. :-( So if you're interested, you'd better ACT FAST! Also, they don't offer a download option. You have to purchase the boxed version. The cost is $47 USD for a single user. I have used ZipCntrl for years and have been very pleased with both the product and the support. I used PkZip for OS/2 many years ago to span floppies, but I haven't used it recently. I just ordered my copy of PkZip so I haven't had a chance to test it with ZipCntrl yet. I will post a note here or possibly do a review after I get it and let you know how it works. Note: Apart from having purchased both products mentioned in this email, I have no relationship to either company/ISV. ------------------------------------- Walter F. Metcalf V.O.I.C.E. President http://www.os2voice.org WarpDoctor Coordinator http://www.warpdoctor.org walter.os2DESPAM at rogers.com ------------------------------------- -- Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California, October 18-19 http://www.warpstock.org [Moderator's note: Because of the incredible increase in SPAM lately I will now endeavor to add DESPAM to email addresses in all posts to the News list. Yes I know that the ReplyTo and From addresses are not modified. This action is to protect email addresses that will appear in HTML pages. If you wish to send a response to someone listed in the post be sure to remove the "DESPAM" from any email address in the body of the post.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org