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From: dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: HELP - info on decoding needed
Keywords: HELP
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Date: 13 May 91 14:36:34 GMT
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In article <1991May8.093951.22883@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk> woody@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk (Ian Woodrow) writes:
>HELP
>
>I am new to the amiga newsgroups.  
>Can someone tell me how to unpack the binaries that are available on the
>groups ?   I've pulled some down (in 4 parts) and ran them thru 'sh' here
>on my unix workstation.  NOW what ?   Presumably I need some sort of un-
>packing tool --- WHAT is used for unpacking the amiga code and WHERE CAN
>I GET THIS TOOL ?   ALSO; with the prog being in 4 parts, I take it I
>should concatenate them before running them through this unpacker, whatever
>it may be.

file compressors:
	.lzh		lharc, lhunarc, lharcA, lharc+, lz
	.arc		arc, pkax, unarc
	.zoo		zoo, booz
	.zip		pkazip (Do not use unzip)

disk compressors:
	.dms		DMS Disk Masher, DMSwin
	.wrp		warp, unwarp (vers 1.4 is a hack), nibwarp (hack),
                        warpsplit
	.lhw		lhwarp
	.zom		zoom (if it crashes, try an older version)
	.dmp		dimp
	.zap		zap
	.trax		puttrax

special formats:
	.pp		power packer, ppmore
	.uu		uudecode
	.exe		this will decompress itself, 
			and may contain a PAK archive 
			or a DMS archive

executable compressors:
	none		powerpacker, turbo powerpacker (hack)
	none		imploder, turbo imploder

>Cheers,
>W@@DY_______________________________________________________________________
> /Ian Woodrow, Computing Service, Uni of Glasgow, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, Scotland \




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           David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN   
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