ABOUT MacGzip1.1.2 A handy tool for uncompressing all those Unix .gz files. Download from www.shareware.com

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MacGzip 1.1.2 (binhex format): by Jean-loup Gailly, the gzip utility for the Macintosh, is available for PowerPC and 6800 Macintosh as FAT binary (207 Kb); (StuffIt '.sit' format.). You can download also the Mac 6800 version (151 Kb), and the PowerPC only version (158 Kb).

MacGzip is a decompression/compression program most ideally used by users who need to transfer text and images over a Unix based machine (such as the Internet).

This program is extremely easy to use. You just drag and drop the icon you want compressed onto it and away it goes. You can configure the program in a variety of ways, including compression efficiency, suffix added to the compressed program and the type of signature line that identifies the program.

MacGzip is rated 4 mice at MacDownload, download MacGzip1.1.1 from MacDownload (Virus checked by SAM 4.5.1
Version 1.1.1 fixes a few bugs.) -- Dan Miller (MacDownload, ZDNet, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company)

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ABOUT SunTar 2.1.4 Download from www.shareware.com

DOWNLOAD HERE: Suntar214.hqx is the cheapest way to transfer data between a Macintosh and an UNIX workstation if a few, minimal hardware requirements are met. Suntar is also a MacBinary, BinHex and PackIt extractor hence it may be moderately useful even to people without access to UNIX machines. ...

This utility was originally written to allow the authors to transfer UNIX and Macintosh files back and forth between a Sun workstation and a Mac LC, using floppy disks formatted for DOS (the only format both platforms could read). Suntar reads UNIX tar archives and extracts the contents into Macintosh-readable files. There is also a version that runs on the UNIX end to create the archives. Useful if you don't have your UNIX and Macintosh machines on the same network.

As an added bonus, suntar extracts BinHex 4.0 (.hqx), uuencoded (.uu) and PackIt (.pit) files, and translates ASCII files between UNIX, MS-DOS, and Macintosh formats. But, while the actual extraction routines are quick, suntar is an application, and so is not nearly as quick to use as the more popular drag & drop solutions to these problems, such as Stuffit Expander.

SunTar is rated 3 mice at MacDownload. Download SunTar 2.1.3 from MacDownload. (Virus checked by SAM 4.5.1. Version 2.1.3 fixes bugs, improves tape handling, and does not block the Macintosh while working with slow SCSI devices.) -- Karl Bates (MacDownload, ZDNet, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company)

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