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From: cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Making a better ARC/ARCX
Message-ID: <2467@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 88 19:00:57 GMT
References: <4071@cup.portal.com>
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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Summary: I'd love to work on it... IF...

In article <4071@cup.portal.com>, fireplace@cup.portal.com writes:
> I think we all need a better version of ARC & ARCX on the Atari 8-bit.  Ralph
> Walden, the author of the versions we are stuck with, has basically disappeared
> from the face of the earth.  Does anyone out there have the time and resources
> to create a slick, bug-free ARC & ARCX in Assembly, C, or ACTION??
> 

I'm always up for a programming challenge, although my 6502 Assembly probably
isn't in the same league with many of you...   If someone can send me the info
on the specific ARC format, i.e. the actual algorithms to be followed while 
ARCing and unARCing a file, I'd be happy to muss around with it and post any 
successes I may have, to the net...  No guarantees, but I'd love to have the 
ARC info to work with...

Chris Chiesa
Senior, CS Dept.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN


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<> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP                                                       <>
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