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   Ben Ritchey to Dale Shipp   
   Re: PKZIP for Win 7   
   18 Sep 15 14:55:26   
   
   * An ongoing debate between Dale Shipp and All rages on ...   
      
    DS> I am trying to migrate some of my BBS applications to my Win 7 pro,   
    DS> 64-bit machine.  I can run them all in a Win XP in a virtual window,   
    DS> but would like to get as far away from that as I can.   
    DS> Right now, the thing that has me stumped is getting a replacement for   
    DS> PKZIP and PKUNZIP that will run on 64 bit machine.  Of course, I would   
    DS> prefer to find a freeware program.   
    DS> I've found several programs that will unzip files made with PKZIP, but   
    DS> none of them will zip into a PKZIP format -- as least as far as I can   
    DS> see.   
    DS> Does anyone have any suggestions?   
      
   I use 7-Zip, the command line version (7ZA.EXE), works great for me   
   (Win7Pro-64bit). Just specify -tZIP for Zip files (and include .Zip extension   
   on file names). Holler if ya need :)   
      
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