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From: covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SETTING UP A BBS
Summary: Don'y use ARC521!!
Keywords: BBS, ascii, transfer, arc
Message-ID: <40f0bca6.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 89 16:21:10 GMT
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I would like to repeat in the strongest terms:

DON'T USE ARC 5.21


DON'T USE ARC 5.21


ARC 5.21 has a serious bug which causes it make an ARC file larger then the
sum of the individual files. ARC 5.12 doesn't have this problem. In fact,
for a 400K ARCed file you can save about 50K by re-ARCing it with 5.12.

so, don't use ARC 5.21 for new archives. Only use it if you have to de-ARC
an IBM file arced with the IBM ARC 5.21.

I only use ARC 5.12 myself!!!

Richard (ARC 5.21 is BADDD!!) Covert