| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
To whom it may concern,
I recently purchased an AMIGA 2000, I have not yet registered
on note #3 because I have yet to recieve all my hardware. However
I do have a modem and a connection to work, and I am going to attempt
to begin downloading and de-arcing files. Since I have read with
some alarm the problems that others have experienced with this function
I would like to start with a small file which would not take to
long to download and de-arc in order to practice. What I need is
a small .ARC file which will have all the basic elements of an .ARC
file. If anyone knows of or can easily create such a file I would
be gratefull.
A novice Amiga user. (DDT)
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| 823.1 | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Mon Oct 19 1987 15:59 | 5 | ||
Try LEDS3::USER6:[ACCIARDI.AMIGA]DISKMAN.ARC for starters. Its
only 48 VMS blocks, and a very handy utility to start with.
Ed.
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| 823.2 | Once more with feeling... | MPGS::BAEDER | Tue Oct 20 1987 01:38 | 16 | |
or use the vms or ultrix version to create your own...just be sure
to check the following....
file type (records) - fixed 128 byte records work with the vms
version of arc, and with xmodem , but NOT kermit....
file type of 510 byte var records work with kermit, but NOT
vms/ultrix ARC.
convert between the two types of files with CVTARC...
also be sure to switch to binary transfer mode!...(and read all
the many discussions similar to this...;-)
in any case...enjoy the world of AMIGA!
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| 823.3 | Kermit workable on 128-byte record .ARC files | SAUTER::SAUTER | John Sauter | Tue Oct 20 1987 10:07 | 5 |
I used Kermit to transfer some .ARC files that were 128 bytes per
record. ARC on the Amiga complained about a garbage "header" after
the files in the archive, but it extracted the files that were there
OK.
John Sauter
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