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Subject: Re: arc
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Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 23:51:39 EST
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In article <629@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> jason@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Jason A. Kinchen) writes:
>In article <374@mipos3.UUCP>, pinkas@mipos3.UUCP (Israel Pinkas) writes:
>> I am interested in obtaining a copy of the latest version of ARC for the
>> IBM-PC.  If possible I would like sources that are compilable with Lattice
>> C.  Please mail an offer, and I will contact the closest person.
>
>I am interested in the same package with sources, except for Microsoft
>C 3.0.  Please put me on this list.

The sources to arc are compatible with neither Lattice nor Microsoft C.
They require the Computer Innovations C86 optimizing compiler, and a
special macro preprocessor sold by SEAware, the same company that sells
arc.  (Remember, arc is shareware, not public domain)  Porting it to
either Lattice or Microsoft without spending any money would involve
expanding the macros by hand, and recoding the few routines that are
dependent on library calls specific to the CI86 development system.

Actually, I can't believe that people are still using ARC.  Phil Katz's
PKXARC program is about 10 times the speed of the original arc, produces
archives 100% compatible with SEAware arc, and is a pleasure to use.

-- 

Ben Broder
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