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From: mjb@nucleus.UUCP (Mark Bobak)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: What kind of archive is .arc ??
Message-ID: <5466@nucleus.UUCP>
Date: 30 Oct 89 15:22:14 GMT
References: <9855@vdsvax.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: mjb@nucleus.UUCP (Mark Bobak)
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In article <9855@vdsvax.crd.ge.com> thearlin@vdsvax.crd.ge.com writes:
>I've come accross a file saved using some sort of archive program 
>which i cannot figure out.  The file is called corewar.arc but I 
>can't find any de-archiver which is appropriate (I'm doing this on a
>Sun3).  Anybody know how this file was saved or how I can de-archive
>it?
>
The .ARC extension comes from the IBM-PC world.  I don't know if there is
any software available on the Sun to read format, however, if you have
access to a PC, track down a program called PKPAK by Phil Katz.  It's a
shareware program that's available on most BBS's or, if you prefer an ftp
site, you might try Simtel20 or Grape.  If you can't find it anywhere else,
I could uuencode it and mail it to you.  One other note, the program itself
is distributed as a self extracting archive.  You'll be looking for a file
called "PK361.EXE".  This file, when executed on a PC, will extract 3 or 4
programs and all the documentation you'll need.  

P.S.  Simtel20's address is 26.2.0.74 and Grape's is 128.153.13.196.


-- 
Mark Bobak
The Nucleus Public Access Unix, Clarkston, Mi.
mjb@nucleus.mi.org
mjb@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us