Date   : Tue, 27 Aug 1991 05:10:47 GMT
From   : snorkelwacker.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage.csd.unsw.oz.au!henryb@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Dr Henry Brancik)
Subject: Re: Strange compression format

In article <1991Aug27.021601.14724@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, bwildasi@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Ben Wildasin) writes:
> 
> I have some files that have names like *.cym and *.dyc, presumably
> the result of some compression tecnique. Now I have seen .?q? and .?z?
> formats, but how do I unpack the .?y? files?
> 
> Thanks in advance.


Hi,

      you will find your "un-squeezer" in archive sites by anonymous ftp:
try Washington Univ:
      wuarchive.wustl.edu (= 128.252.135.4), cd to mirrors/cpm/squsq and
      look for library which starts somthing like LTZH....  It will have
      a file LT29.COM (or later version) which will do your *.?Y?
or try SIMTEL:
      wmsr-Simtel20.army.mil (= 192.88.110.20), cd to PD2:<CPM.SQUSQ>, set
      TENEX mode and do as above.

      There are other "uncrunchers" which will do *.?Y? but I do not
remember their name.   I think it starts UNCRZHL (?) and I do not know
the directory.  I downloaded the program some time ago.  That UNC... will
crunch your file to *.?Y?, but the process is much slower than for *.?Z?.
Files crunched to *.?Y? are usually about 10% smaller than *.?Z?.

      Cheers!
                                          Henry Brancik
      E-mail: henryb@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au