PKZIP Entire Directory Tree?

[Clueless in Seattle]

Hi! I'm brand new here. I'm an older guy disabled by chronic illness, so to pass the time I've dug out the hard drive of an old laptop on which I used to run MS-DOS 6.21 back in the 90s.

I'd like to copy the entire directory tree from that HD onto the HD of a hand-me-down laptop on which I've installed DOS 6.21 and then play around with all the batch files I used to have so much fun with back in the day.

I remember that back in my DOS days I could use PKZIP to zip up an entire directory tree including all of its files and sub folders. But after all these years I've forgotten what the command lines were to zip and unzip the directory tree.

Can someone help me?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

P.S. I tried to vote for avatars but got an error message

[Ed Dyreen]

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Isn't there a help on that proggi ?

C:>PKZIP

Usage: etc...

or
C:>PKZIP /?
or
C:>PKZIP -h
or
C:>PKZIP help

You just met another freak, I have an i386sx online. (siemens 1982 Germany).
It runs MS-DOS 6.22 and Win95

[Clueless in Seattle]

Wow! I got goosebumps when I read your reply. I remember when the 386 was the computer we all salivated over

And you have it online, even?!

Looks like I've come to the right place.

I'll see if I can find the PKZIP help file and then experiment with the switches to see what I can come up with.

Nice to meet you.

I'll be back soon.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Ed Dyreen]

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The i368sx has been produced up to 2007 so it really isn't that old. The architecture simply never changed because it was already bullet proof. Ever flown an airplane, thanks to the germans you didn't crash. It is still being used by NASA

The reason is simple, the chip is a tank. It can hover in space for years, operating while radiation destroying it's cirquits.
NASA would never use a G4 processor that would die in minutes in such a hostile environment. It's all documented at wikipedia. Those chips were build to last, the germans weren't stupid.

http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/radhome/papers/intel.htm

We present single event effect test results for the Intel 80386 microprocessor, the 80387 coprocessor, the 82380 peripheral device, and on the 80486 microprocessor. Both single event upset and latchup conditions were monitored.

I. INTRODUCTION

The 80386 and 80486 microprocessors hold several distinct advantages over radiation-hardened microprocessors. These include reducing both cost and design time for spaceflight missions. This is accomplished by being industry-standard as well as commercially available devices with many commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software applications, development tools, and operating systems. The 80386 microprocessor is currently in use on several spaceflight projects, while the 80486 is being considered for other projects. In particular, the 80386 is currently flying on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Solar Anomalous Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX), and is baselined for utilization on Earth Observing Satellite (EOS-AM), X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE), and Tropical Rainforest Measurement Mission (TRMM). The 80486 is currently being considered as a candidate HST replacement processor as part of the HST servicing program. This appears to be a spaceflight trend: utilizing commercial-type devices and up-screening them as per mission requirements.

G4 64bit, don't make me laugh, my i386 is 30years old and it will still be alive when your chip has looong died. It will still be alive when I die. It's a piece of art and a collection item if you own one that works.

Someone owes a working 80387sx co-processor, I am willing to pay you a nice sum of money

[nitt]

Hi! I'm brand new here. I'm an older guy disabled by chronic illness, so to pass the time I've dug out the hard drive of an old laptop on which I used to run MS-DOS 6.21 back in the 90s.

I'd like to copy the entire directory tree from that HD onto the HD of a hand-me-down laptop on which I've installed DOS 6.21 and then play around with all the batch files I used to have so much fun with back in the day.

I remember that back in my DOS days I could use PKZIP to zip up an entire directory tree including all of its files and sub folders. But after all these years I've forgotten what the command lines were to zip and unzip the directory tree.

Can someone help me?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

P.S. I tried to vote for avatars but got an error message

You're from Seattle?

I was born in Washington state, believe me it's the best state there is. And you can take my word for it, since I have been to nearly every state there is. I've also been out of the country a lot, too. Like not only have I eaten at the Space Needle, but I've also eaten at the Eiffel Tower.

I'm not really like a computer freak, I'm just a bored teenager that learns programming languages to pass time. The oldest PC I have is a Windows XP laptop, that only have like 250 MB of RAM. I did have a Windows ME before, but I threw it out.

Yes, teh polls apparently don't work. :/

But ya, I know this is doesn't help but I envy everyone in Washington State, because we had to move to South Carolina, and I still have years here. And compared to Seattle and Tacoma this places is a dump. The weather is terrible, too. And the people are a lot worse.

[Cleptography]

Thats cool nitt I use to live in the states, been to Washington a few times. The Netherlands is much more fun. I love it here. Never been to Paris, but have been to Germany and Russia a few times.

[nitt]

Thats cool nitt I use to live in the states, been to Washington a few times. The Netherlands is much more fun. I love it here. Never been to Paris, but have been to Germany and Russia a few times.

I had to LIVE in Portugal for 3 years. And that has to be the worst place EVER to live. I never suggest going there.

Once I graduate from college I plan to visit Japan, Rome, and Italy.

[Clueless in Seattle]

I was unable to find the PKZIP documentation on the web, so I dug out from my closet my boxes of old floppy disks from my DOS days, and came across one box with rows of color-coded, neatly labeled and alphabetized floppy disks (I was so organized in those days!).

And I'll be danged if I didn't find a diskette labeled "PKZIP Master" that had a user manual on it!

Then I did a text search through all my old batch files and found the command strings I used to use.

So I'm well on my way to reconstructing my old system.

It's great to find so many friendly folks here. Without a doubt I'll be back soon with more questions.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Cleptography]

God floppy disk seems like a life time ago. Welcome to the forums Seattle, good to have you on board, look forward to all the insight and trading of ideas and thoughts.

Cheers,
Cleptography-

[Ed Dyreen]

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@Clueless in Seattle
I have lots of fun things for those who want to take a trip back in time,
which include a customized dos 6.22 installation floppy rom.
Heavily compressed, so you don't need 3 floppys, that sort of stuff...