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From: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen)
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Subject: I just got my first file from the SIMTEL20 archives...
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 22:32:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 14 22:32:31 1986
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There is a program to handle ARC and LBR files on VAX-VMS...

Filename			Type	 Bytes	 CRC

Directory PD:<CPM.VAXVMS>
VMSSWEEP.FOR.3			ASCII	 50461  92E5H

C-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C	Program used to provide LSWEEP and some ARC functionality on VMS
C
C	VMSsweep will handle .LBR and .ARC* files and can be used to extract 
C	members or just display them on the terminal if they are non binary
C
C	Restrictions: 
C		The VMS file must have a maximum record length of 4096 bytes. 
C		The library file (.ARC* or .LBR) can only have 200 members
C
C	Functions provided:
C		View a member at the terminal -squeezed or unsqueezed
C		Extract a member to a file (Max 510 byte records) 
C		List the directory of a library file
C		New library file requested
C
C	Author:
C		John T. Coburn		Digital Equipment, Cleveland
C		Copyright (c) 1986
C
C	Please feel free to distribute this program by any noncommercial
C	means to anyone who can use it.
C
C	* ARC is Copyright 1985,1986 by System Enhancements Associates
C
C	This program was in general based on the Turbo Pascal program 
C	DEARC that is in the public domain. Also referenced ARC sources
C	from System Enhancement Associates
C
C-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don't forget there are option arguements to the SEND command when
requesting files from ARCHIVE-REQUEST...  SEND RAW is one of them.  It
should only be used for the initial transfer of files needed to
bootstrap because it does no compression and therefore places a heavy
load on the mail system.

--Keith