Re: Question for the ZLIB on OS/400 experts

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I believe there is a developer tool ZIP command - the 5733-PTL stuff, as I
recall. I don't know how that compares.

I found this amusing:

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Subject: Re: Qshell Editor?
From: vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006

5733-PTL is pretty neat - be aware that the VNC server is running in PASE, not
QShell. And the editor runs in a VNC client on your pc. The EZ editor is one
used internally a lot at IBM, and Emacs is pretty amazing - especially to be
able to run it on an iSeries. PTL also has stuff for getting spooled files to
the VNC client, lots of interesting things.
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The above was followed promptly by

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Subject: Re: Qshell Editor?
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006

By the way, it is 5799-PTL, not 5733-PTL. And you can download it free at
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/porting/tools/faqs.html
And, in case they haven't updated the readme as of earlier this week, you
can run it on V5R4.

Rob Berendt
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The zip included in that package is GNU's gzip.

Impressive that you still (sort of) remember it after almost 7 years, Vern! :D

John