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From: leif@comcon.UUCP (Leif Sawyer )
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ABE Source (Part 1/3) & introduction
Summary: tried and untrue
Message-ID: <335@comcon.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 90 20:43:11 GMT
References: <100765@looking.on.ca> <534@sixhub.UUCP> <333@comcon.UUCP> <334@comcon.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Connection, Anchorage Alaska
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In article <334@comcon.UUCP>, roy@comcon.UUCP (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
> In article <102691@looking.on.ca>, brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
> > If the tinydabe didn't work, it it possible you did not define the
> > "msdos" symbol?  I admit I used MS C, not Turbo C, in compiling DABE
> > for dos.
> That's entirely possible, and I'll try it. 

Ok, i compiled it with the MSDOS symbol, using Turbo C 2.0.
It compiled fine, no errors, no warnings...

> > It is not intended to act as a filter, either.  You just give it the
> > input files as arguments.
> Ok, but the Unix-compiled version of Tiny-DABE worked as a filter.
> Perhaps I misunderstood the directions for unpacking. 

Haven't yet tried it that way, but from the looks of things, it's a filter
 (Don't have the source on hand..) but the line that changes stdout
to O_BINARY for redirection in to a file...

> > Or, if you like:
> > 	sort (parts-in-any-order) | tiny-dabe >abe.arc
> Looked like a filter to me. I'll give the define in Turbo C a try.

My sort barfed on it. OUT OF MEMORY, which is highly unlikely if it used
main memory (640k), or EXPanded(1.4 Megs)...however, it may be limited to
64k because of some internal limitations..(one of which being an 8088 with 64k 
segments)

Anyhow, i went through and hand sorted them (not too hard, just three files.)
into tabe.abe, then-

type tabe.abe | tinydabe > abe.arc

All went fine and well, until I tried to unarc it. lo and behold, it was as
corrupt as Imelda Marcos..

thanks for the help, brad....
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