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From: nms@cbnewsh.att.com (n.m.scribner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Questions about c64 archives ?
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.224253.12999@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 13 Dec 90 22:42:53 GMT
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I have been trying to download some c64 utilities from
the anonymous FTP sites, and have some simple questions
about the use and dissection of archived programs.
The questions pertain to  *.arc *.lnx and *.sda files.
I have been using FTP to move the files to a local UNIX host,
and then using XMODEM to download them.

1. Do all these archive type files need to be FTP'd 
in Binary mode, or will ASCII work fine?

2. Do regular, non-archived c64 programs need to be
FTP'd in Binary mode.

3. What is the archive program associated with each of
the three types?  I figured out that a program called "lynx9"
is supposed to be used with *.lnx, but don't know about *.arc.
I speculated that *.arc files are self-defining or self-dissolving
in the sense that when loaded and run on a c64, they will
expand the archive.  What's the real story?

4. Are there any special instructions needed for downloading or
loading or running the various archives and programs on the c64?

Thanks for any advice.
Neal Scribner (nms@homxb.att.com)