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From: manuel@fornax.UUCP (Frank Manuel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: De-archiving
Keywords: .arc, .madness, .HELP
Message-ID: <1420@fornax.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 90 15:49:17 GMT
Organization: School of Computing Science, SFU, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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Can anyone out there in netland offer me any advice on this problem? I've been 
trying for three weeks to figure out how to de-archive downloaded programs and
if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. 
	I am working from a Sparc1 and emailed panarthea for a list of 
de-archiving programs for the Atari 1040ST. Since the problems are always the
same, I'll deal with my tribulations with uud/uue.
	This program arrived by email, and the header informed me that it was 
uuencoded with the UNIX version of uuencode, so I UNIX uudecoded it. This gave
me the file "dumasuux.arc" which I then transferred to a formatted floppy 
using MTOOLS. To be sure that I was not experiencing format-type problems, I 
transferred to both a dos(MTOOLS) disc and one formatted on my Atari. Then I
took the discs home and added the de-archiving programme arcx.ttp which was on
a STart magazine disc. I've used the program to de-arc other programs on the
same disc, so I'm sure that it works. All that happens with dumasuux.arc is a 
white screen with cursor for about fifteen seconds while the floppy drive makes
serious working noises, then pops back to the desktop. This happens with booz,
zoo201g, pkunarc, shar,and unlzh14. I've also tried it with uniterm with no 
more encouraging results.
	I've been tearing my hair out now for three weeks and am down to the 
last few tufts, which my wife wants me to keep. Any suggestions?  
	Oh, yes, I forgot to mention: when I tried to de-arc booz I got booz.docwhich had about one readable page, then became a garbled shambles, which just
about describes me at this point.
	All suggestion, either by email or post-to-net will be gratefully 
received.
			Frank.