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From: stokes@apple-gunkies.ai.mit.edu (Perry Stokes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
Subject: Re: extracting ".arc" and ".zip" files
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Date: 14 Dec 90 14:34:23 GMT
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In article <1990Dec14.061608.21260@ccng.waterloo.edu> tdwebste@ccng.waterloo.edu (                          vapid nihility) writes:
>
> 	Can I extract ".arc" and ".zip" files from within Unix.
>The files I wish to extract came from wuarchive.wustl.edu, "an msdos 
>archive site". I am really only interest in source code, but I
>have no idea how to obtain source code for the msdos operating
>system. At this stage dos appears to be the best approach, because it
>enables effective use of low power hardware reducing the cost of my
>project. I plan to program a very simple Point of Sale Terminal, which
>utilise existing dbase and worksheet programs as much as possible.
>
>I has been about 5 years since I have been in the PC game. For most
>application I program, which are in Unix, there seems to be an enormous
>bases of public source code to begin from.
>
>-Tim.  


FTP to 128.174.5.59 (login anonymous).  This site has a fully working
arc program as well as something that will undo PKZIP files.

If you don't have FTP access from your site, let me know via E-mail
and I'll send the files your way...


Perry

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