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From: roger@odie.cs.mun.ca (Roger White)
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Subject: Re: kermit version 2.2, downloading
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Date: 10 Dec 90 05:55:06 GMT
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In article <36732@cup.portal.com> Michelle@cup.portal.com (Tracy M Wirs) writes:
>RE: *.sda files.....
>
>SDA means Self-Dissolving ARK.   It was put together to dissolve without the 
>need of a separate program (like ARKIVE).  All you do is LOAD and RUN the 
>program, and it will dissolve itself.  You might want to copy the *.sda file 
>onto a BLANK disk before dissolving....... 
>
>Michelle@cup.portal.com

Close, but not totally correct...
SDA means Self-Dissolving ARC. It was put together with the arc program and
appended to a de-arc module. Thus all you have to do is LOAD and RUN the
program, and it will dissolve itself. It is NOT necessary to copy the *.sda
file onto a blank disk, but it may be helpful to load the sda then insert
a blank (formatted) disk before running it. An sda contains compressed files
and a (relatively) small sda may create many large files, thus filling up the
disk. If you copy the sda over to the disk before running then you could
possibly run out of room.

R. White

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