Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!kentd From: kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent.Dalton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: De-archiving Message-ID: Date: 31 Oct 90 08:56:19 GMT References: <1420@fornax.UUCP> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 29 In-reply-to: manuel@fornax.UUCP's message of 19 Oct 90 15:49:17 GMT > 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 This sounds like it should work. Did you ever think that MTOOLS might be the problem? I can't get it to work on our machines here at work. To test it out just download an ascii on to disk and look at it. (also, note that ST uses cr/lf as end of line whereas the SPARC/UNIX system will be using just plain lf) On my machine, the SPARC-written floppy's directory looks fine but the first few bytes are just repeated over & over and the drive makes a terrifying "chewing" noise (anybody remember the old Atari 810? :^) Maybe the mtools programs don't handle the FATs right or something. -- /**************************************************************************/ /* Kent Dalton * EMail: Kent.Dalton@FtCollins.NCR.COM */ /* NCR Microelectronics * CIS: 72320,3306 */ /* 2001 Danfield Ct. MS470A * */ /* Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 * "This mind intentionally left blank" */ /* (303)223-5100 X-319 * All standard disclaimers apply */ /**************************************************************************/