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From: hh2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: re: SDA files
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.220448.1547@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 90 02:04:47 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

Not usually necessary. When you run an SDA it prints a text intro, then
waits until you press a key. You can put a blank disk into the drive before
it starts dissolving.

Aaron Peromsik
hh2x@cornella.cit.cornell.edu