RE: AS400 PKZIP: was: Tape question

[Jamie Coles <jcoles@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can these bits that end up in the Bit Bucket be converted into German and then 
recycled??!


-----Original Message-----
From:   R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. [SMTP:rbruceh@attglobal.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, 19 July, 2000 13:33
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: AS400 PKZIP:  was: Tape question

-----Original Message-----
From: Don <dr2@cssas400.com>
To: Richard Jackson <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
Cc: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:54 PM
Subject: AS400 PKZIP: was: Tape question


>
>Richard,
>
>be aware that the ASi PKZIP product for the 400 has record length
>constraints.  It will ZIP a 1000 byte record, but when you unzip it you'll
>only get I think 128bytes of your record...the remainder ends up in teh
>bit bucket...  This is a BIG show stopper for alot of folks...
>


That's interesting.  Maybe it's something you're doing.  I use it to unzip
512 byte records every week.  Works fine.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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  to purchase a little temporary Safety,
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