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#archive problem

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#180077From: William BussellDec 29, 1994 9:17 AM
I donwloaded a file from the Amiga section of the Midi forum called "Eartrainer.lha" and I find myself in a catch 22 situation. The programs I have to decompress lha files does not work on this program and reports that perhaps I need a newer version of the program lharc. The catch 22 is that any program I have found on compuserve and elswhere requires a current lha decompressor to decompress. There should be a pak version of a new lha unarchiver. I found one program "lx.lha" but again it will not decompress for me. It reports the same problem of not being compatible with lh5 scheme. Please offer some help… Thanks….
#180087From: Jim Nangano/SYSOPDec 29, 1994 11:11 AM
William, Download the file LHA138.RUN from our Archivers/Crunchers library. This is a self-extracting archive that contains the latest freely distributable version of LHA ( the successor to lharc ). Hope this helps…. – BobR
#180142From: Joe sanchezDec 29, 1994 5:43 PM
Wow!!! I had the EXACT same problem. Needed an newer version and that -LH5- kept popping up. I followed the sysops advice here… and downloaded LHA138.run from the multitude of decompressor utilities in the libaries. From the CLI screen I then typed LHA138.run and WaLa I now had a decompresser to decompress ALL the files I had. All I did wad place the file I wanted to decompress in the same directory I had the LHA138.run program in and then from the CLI screen typed LHA e <filename>.. and presto!!! Hope this helps.. If not Im sure the Sysop can steer you towards the light. 🙂 Joe