#IBM ARC
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Will someone give me a little tutorial on how to de-arc an IBM .arc on a 2
floppy system? Tis not for me and I don't have access to an IBM. Thanks
Henry,
ARC will do it. ARC files are more or less interchangable between machines,
with only what you extract being different 8). Text files come out easily, as
do the EXE and COM type. The executables are NFG to you, though, as they are
for IBM….ummm…_things_. The only machines that don't support ARC are a few
8-bit machines and Apple. They went their own way.
Doug
Thanks, but I need the exact syntax/tutorial.
Henry –
There is an ARC tutorial in PICS (DL1). I don't recall the name off the top of
my head, but I hear it is pretty good.
– Bill –
(Cooks OnLine)
arc x <path><file>.arc, same as regular. ARC files is arc files, and never the
PAC shall meet. I've done it on several ocassions, copping source from IBMCOM.
( and yes, I DID wear rubber gloves and a gasmask while there 8)
Doug
Henry,
See ARC.HLP in (I think) LIB 1
Henry,
Read ARC.HLP in LIB 1.
Don
Henry, ARC on IBM works exactly like it does on the Amiga! arc x filename
where filename is the arc file (you need not type the .arc extension)
Ray
Henry,
The same way you deARC and Amiga file. Download the archive onto one
disk (or RAM: or whatever). Have the program ARC (renamed from ARC.EXE) in
your C: directory or copy it into RAM:.
Then CD to the disk where you want the archive extracted and type ARC x
<pathed arc filename> (or RAM:ARC x <pathed arc filename>)
example, you downloaded to a disk named "Downloads" which is in drive 2
(df2:). You want to place it on a disk named "Programs" which is not currently
in a drive, and your boot disk has ARC in it's C directory.
Method #1:
copy df2:goodfile.arc ram:
now, remove "Downloads" from df2: and insert "Programs"
cd df2:
arc x ram:goodfile
Method #2:
copy c:arc ram:
copy c:cd ram:
now, remove your boot disk from df0: and insert "Programs"
ram:cd df0:
ram:arc x df2:goodfile
Either should work just fine.
Don