CompuServe Thread

Brent, let us pretend that you have downloaded LHA138.RUN and WHP19H.LHA to a floppy disk named DL: Here is what you would do: Open a CLI or shell and type: MAKEDIR DL:LHA CD DL:LHA DL:LHA138.RUN This will unpack LHA138.RUN into the directory named LHA on your disk DL: Type DIR to see a list of the files. Copy LHA to your C: directory, using the shell: COPY LHA C: Now, unpack Whap! this way: MAKEDIR DL:WHAP CD DL:WHAP lha e dl:whp19h.lha This will unpack Whap! to the directory WHAP on your disk DL: You can now copy this directory to any place where you want it. Read the instructions for setting it up and running it. And if you have questions, do ask. —Betty

Many of the files here requires a program called LHA138.RUN which you can find in AmigaUser library 16 (which is where all of the archivers/crunchers are kept). Download that file using a protocol. NOTE: If you use XMODEM for your download, be sure to turn the AUTO-CHOP feature of your terminal software on, or LHA138.RUN won't work). LHA138.RUN is a special kind of archive called a SELF EXTRACTING ARCHIVE. Now, let's say you've got LHA138.RUN on a floppy in DF0: 1) Open a shell 2) TYPE CD DF0: 3) TYPE LHA138.RUN 4) TYPE COPY LHA C: You now have the program LHA in your C: directory on your hard drive, which means you can use it to compress or decompress files anywhere on your system. There is also now a file on your DF0: disk called LHA.MAN or LHA.DOC that is a readable text file containing instructions for using LHA. You can read this by loading it in to any text editor you have.