roytam1 wrote on 2025-07-02, 13:03:

click the filename, it will show another page. in that page, click the download icon next to filename in navigation bar on the top.

Thanks - I got it! (I had gotten to the next page before, but the tiny download icon isn't terrible obvious (at least to me with not-great vision!)

DaveDDS wrote on 2025-07-02, 12:59:

That's the problem - shareware is NOT freeware - just because some element of a shareware package do not have a "unregistered" notice,
it is still subject to copyright (and it does have a notice about that)

That's the reason I started looking for a PKUNZIP alternative in the first place.

Freeware stuff like the IMP archiver is also copyrighted, but at least the license gives you free hand in using it within the allowed limits, like passing it around.

DaveDDS wrote on 2025-07-02, 12:59:

I was looking for it - can you tell me how you got it?
I'm using Chrome under winblows which blocks it because it's an unsafe (ie: executable under ancient OS) file.
I can disable that check, but then the TUNZ.COM that I get from the download is a 25k html file...

I used DiscMaster search to find the file.

Chrome does make a fuss about almost everything downloaded from there as unsafe, I just have to manually open the downloads (Ctrl+J), then select the "save anyway" option, then confirm again. It does save files as intended, but you need to open the file and then click on the download icon (red arrow) at the top of the page where the full path is shown to actually download the file itself.

Edit: I see you already figured it out 😀

I tried to find more info on TUNZ.COM, but so far there's only traces of information, like here.

That conversation suggests that the author's name was Lucho and the programme could be downloaded from this site:
http://mengelke.mine.nu/

I've found archived pages of the Technical University of Varna's (where TUNZ.COM supposedly originates) anonymous FTP:
http://ftp.tu-varna.acad.bg/dos/archivers/INDEX.html
The files themselves are not preserved, but whatever is listed does not include TUNZ, although it might have been packed with some other tools, or located elsewhere at the FTP.

MrFlibble wrote on 2025-07-03, 14:12:

I tried to find more info on TUNZ.COM, but so far there's only traces of information, like here. […]
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I tried to find more info on TUNZ.COM, but so far there's only traces of information, like here.

That conversation suggests that the author's name was Lucho and the programme could be downloaded from this site:
http://mengelke.mine.nu/

I've found archived pages of the Technical University of Varna's (where TUNZ.COM supposedly originates) anonymous FTP:
http://ftp.tu-varna.acad.bg/dos/archivers/INDEX.html
The files themselves are not preserved, but whatever is listed does not include TUNZ, although it might have been packed with some other tools, or located elsewhere at the FTP.

that original mail is still available in mail-archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-devel@li … t/msg00009.html

roytam1 wrote on 2025-07-03, 15:10:

that original mail is still available in mail-archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-devel@li … t/msg00009.html

Thanks a lot!!! The link to the mail archive was truncated at SourceForge, and I did not know how to restore the full URL.

So TUNZ was originally located here:
https://linux.tu-varna.acad.bg/~lig/tunz/

The ZIP download works (the earlier RAR one was not preserved). It comes with a copy of the MIT license, suggesting it's legit to use. Apparently, at some point it was indeed part of the FreeDOS project, but then got replaced by Info-ZIP I guess.

The author's full name is Luchezar Iliev Georgiev, and the programme is listed as "Tiny UNZIP tool for DOS" on his homepage.