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Version: 1.0 By: Michael Griebling E-mail: mgriebling@comp-inspirations.com Web page: Available Release Date: Available Now	Info Last Modified: 5/3/99 Requires BeOS version: R3 PPC, R4 PPC, R4 Intel License: Freeware Cost: Free Source Available?: Yes
R3-PPC Download / alt. (224 kb) R4-PPC Download / alt. (224 kb)	R4-Intel Download / alt. (224 kb)

The main reason for writing obzip was not to compete with zip
but to show an example use of the Oberon-2 interface to the bzip2
library and the use of a compression channel which rides on top of
a binary writer channel.  Basically a channel is similar to a Unix 
pipe or filter concept except channels perform compile-time type 
checking and thus are safer than the pipe or filter.  Channels also 
have attached methods which make them much more intelligent than 
pipes or filters.

Please also visit the application web site for the web-browsable
source code in Oberon-2.  Variables, procedures, and methods in the
source can be browsed to see how a typical Oberon-2 application is
created.  This same source compiles on any system which uses the
oo2c compiler.

People are encouraged to modify the source and add their own
extensions.  I would appreciate hearing about any additions so they
can be incorporated into the next "official" release.

Mirror Download Sites:

Mirror Name	R3-PPC		R4-PPC	R4-Intel
Be Europe Mirror	PPC		PPC	Intel
Austria Mirror	PPC		PPC	Intel
Australia Mirror	PPC		PPC	Intel
Germany Mirror (UUNet)	PPC		PPC	Intel
Japan Mirror #1	PPC		PPC	Intel
Japan Mirror #2 (Nagoya)	PPC		PPC	Intel
UK Mirror	PPC		PPC	Intel
US Mirror #1 (UIUC)	PPC		PPC	Intel
US Mirror #2 (cdrom.com)	PPC		PPC	Intel