Archiving Software

for Macintosh Plus and Mini vMac

Stuffit Expander 4.0.1

copyright: Aladdin Systems, Inc.
mod date: Apr 29, 1996
license: free for non-commercial use

The Allume FTP site is frequently unavailable, but copies of Stuffit Expander 4.0.1 can be found elsewhere on the web. (Try searching for 'download "Stuffit Expander 4.0.1"'.)

Decodes StuffIt and CompactPro archives, BinHex, and MacBinary. Requires System 6.0.5 or later. Version 4.5 is also available, and seems to work (for System 7), except that the about windows are partly offscreen, and not movable. The installer for version 5.0 insists that 8M of RAM is required.

One problem is how to expand the archive containing Stuffit Expander, since you can't use Stuffit Expander to do it. The binUnpk utility can solve that problem.

DropStuff 4.0

copyright: Aladdin Systems, Inc.
mod date: Mar 28, 1996
license: shareware

Creates StuffIt archives with drag & drop. Requires System 7. Comes with "Expander Enhancer", which allows "Stuffit Expander" to decode many additional archive kinds. Version 4.5 is also available, but the registration dialog is partly offscreen, so can't choose 'not yet'. Version 5.1 and 5.1.2 mostly work, but self extracting archives they create won't work on the Mac Plus, and the Alladin Compression Control Panel doesn't work. The installer for version 5.5 claims 8M of RAM is required, but it will allow you to install anyway, and it works except for the same problems as in previous versions.

Compact Pro 1.52

copyright: Bill Goodman
mod date: Dec 17, 1998
license: discontinued shareware, only registered users are authorized to download latest version

File compression utility.

MacTar.68k 4.2.1

copyright: Joe Strout, Craig Ruff
mod date: Oct 18, 1999
license: freeware (can register to receive announcements)

Utility for Tar archive format.

MacGZip 1.1.3

copyright: SPDsoft
mod date: Sep 14, 1999
license: GPL

Macintosh port of Jean-loup Gailly's gzip. Compresses single files and uncompresses. This format is common on Unix systems, usually combined with the "tar" format for archiving multiple files. MacGZip does not include handling of "tar" format, a separate program is needed, such as MacTar. It can preserve the extra information of a Macintosh file with MacBinary, but this format is not portable. Requires at least System 7. Source code is available.

The download link requires active FTP. There is an alternate http address.

ZipIt 1.4

copyright: Thomas Brown
mod date: Sep 25, 1999
license: shareware

"Program to zip and unzip files". The menu command "About" crashes, but otherwise seems ok.

CPT2SIT 3.0.6

copyright: Aladdin Systems
mod date: Jun 17, 1993
license: free for non-commercial use

Converts "Compact Pro archives to Stuffit archives". "Requires System 6.0.4 or later". By Leonard Rosenthol.

NoComment 1.0

copyright: Gabriele de Simone
mod date: Oct 10, 1996
license: freeware

"Removes StuffIt comments from any StuffIt archive", so as to avoid getting "additional SimpleText files when an archive that contains comments is decompressed with Stuffit Expander".

DoBinHex DropTool 1.0

copyright: Bill Goodman
mod date: Sep 5, 1996
license: freeware

"For creating BinHexed (HQX) files."

DeBinHex DropTool 1.0.1

copyright: Bill Goodman
mod date: Sep 5, 1996
license: freeware

"For decoding BinHexed (HQX) files."

DeHQX 2.0.1

copyright: Peter N. Lewis
mod date: Jul 29, 1993
license: free for non-commercial use

BinHex decoder. Author suggests using Stuffit Expander from Aladdin instead. Source code is available.

MacBinary II+ 1.0.2

copyright: Peter N. Lewis
mod date: Apr 5, 1993
license: freeware

Encodes and Decodes MacBinary files. For System 7. Source code is available.

Decode Apple File 1.1

copyright: Baylor University
mod date: Jun 2, 1998
license: free for non-commercial use

"Utility that decodes AppleSingle, Apple Double, and BinHex files." By Carl W. Bell.

yEnc TZ 68K 1.11

copyright: David Phillip Oster
mod date: Jul 27, 2003
license: freeware

Decodes "yEnc encoded files, such as are used on usenet newsgroups." Source code is available.

MacLHA 2.24

copyright: Kazuaki Ishizaki
mod date: Jul 31, 2000
license: Freeware

Encodes and Decodes LHA archives (with extension '.lzh'). LHA is the standard archive format of Amiga computers. Though the web page is in Japanese, the program and documentation are available in English (more or less).

StUU 1.1

copyright: Stuart Cheshire
mod date: Apr 2, 1996
license: Freeware

A "drag-and-drop UUdecoder". It is "not limited by the amount of RAM". It "requires System 7."

The search feature of hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu is broken. Here is a working download link.