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From: rkl@and.cs.liv.ac.uk
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Subject: !SparkPlug 2.40 - eh, does it exist ??
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.100318.13225@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 28 Jan 91 10:03:18 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.220602.7526@vax1.tcd.ie>
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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In article <1991Jan22.220602.7526@vax1.tcd.ie>, hughesmp@vax1.tcd.ie writes:

> Richard, would there be any chance then, of your posting !Sparkplug2.4 or
> whichever is the most recent here?

Sadly, I don't know of the existence an !SparkPlug 2. Does anyone else
have a copy ? Anyway, for those wondering why I don't just post up !Spark 2,
!Spark 2 (or 1 for that matter) is *not* Public Domain. It was written by
David Pilling who sells it for 5 pounds. The sad thing is that, whilst
!SparkPlug *is* PD, it does not unpack Spark 2 archives :-( I'm tempted to
contact David Pilling and request him to do a SparkPlug 2 - this would be an
eminently sensible move on his part...

For those in the dark, !Spark (V1 or V2) allows the user to CREATE archives
as well as extract from them, whereas !SparkPlug (sadly only V1) only permits
extraction. To add to the confusion, !Spark V1 archives aren't necessary
compatible with !Spark V2 archives either :-( :-(

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