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From: mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle {Nexus})
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Subject: Re: ARC to upack SIMTEL directory file
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Date: 29 Jan 91 20:37:49 GMT
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In article <8284@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:
>I reuested a new directory from the SIMTEL server and apparently the
>ARC that I have is not up to the job of unpacking it. I get the message
>"try a newer version of ARC" or something to that effect. Could someone
>either E-mail me a new ARC or give me the directory and filename on SIMTEL.

Look in the directory PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>.  It has a whole bevy of plain
executables to play with, including PK361.EXE (self-extracting PKPAK and 
PKUNPAK, I believe).
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