> Looking for a compression scheme that will allow a file to be compressed on
> an HP3000 (running MPE/ix) and then un-compressed on a PC (running WinNT
> Workstation 4.0).  Original file is 1.2 Gb, and FTP process to transfer the
> file is very slow.  Wanting to compress this down to a size more manageable
> and quicker to transfer thru FTP.  Looking for options both to compress and
> un-compress the file.


You can try either:

LZW from Telamon - it has a version for MPE/iX and one for the PC. I
can't remember which web sites it's on - maybe someone else can chip
in here.

ZIP, which is a PKZIP-compatible archiver for the HP3000. Again, it
is available from some of the HP3k web sites, but I can't remember
where.

There are probably others, but I use these two and haven't found the
need for any others.

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