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Subject: Re: MS-DOS NRO (an 'NROFF'- 'RNO'-like
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Date: Thu, 14-May-87 09:45:00 EDT
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/* Written 12:22 pm  May 13, 1987 by rlk@bloom-beacon.UUCP */
>Could I make a simple request?
>This comes up every few months, a posting of source code in some "arc"
>format.  Not all of us have arc programs, and not everyone who does
>has the same one.  I realize that arc'ing reduces the size of a
>posting to some degree, but it makes life very difficult for those of
>us who do not have the appropriate utilities.

Uencoded the file is 33407 bytes long.
Uudecoded the file is 23040 bytes long.  Unarced, there are 10 files 
totaling 59136 bytes.  There was a significant saving by arcing the 
file and it also required much less effort to post it.

I downloaded the file and checked to see how it was arced.  The file
was either arced with SEAware's ARC or with PKARC in ARC compatible
mode.

How about downloading ARC or PKARC (pkarc is better but that's
another story).  There are also versions of ARC that will run under
UNIX.  If you're a UNIX site, maybe you have it.  I think the msdos
versions of ARC and PKARC are still in comp.sys.ibm.pc.  If not, look
in comp.sources.misc.  If you still can't find them then I'll mail you 
a copy.

Since this is comp.sys.IBM.PC, it is not unreasonable to post programs
or sources using an MSDOS/PCDOS archive program which everyone has access
to.  If this were comp.UNIX or comp.TRS80 comp.APPLE then it might be
unreasonable.

Note: If your wondering about the compatiblity of these programs,
there was a big discussion on this subject about a month ago.
PKX34A20 can read any archives created by ARC520 or earlier versions
of ARC.  There is a switch in PKX34A20 which allows it to create archives
that are 100% readable by ARC5**.  There is also a patch to make
PKX34A20 to always make compatible archives.  I believe these are the
only two archive programs around (use .arc extention). There are
various library and squeese programs still floating around (use .lbr,
.squ, etc extentions) but they have not been in use since ARC was
created.

jvc@mirror.TMC.COM