Msg: 1645 *Conference*

02-23-92 09:54:50

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : RUEBAN BENDAVID

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1644 (MEANDERIN)

ARC is a compressed file format--one of many--in the MS-DOS arena.  Needless to
say, ARCed files are no in ASCII; and neither are ZIP files, etc.  You could,
of course, download these compressed files using the xmodem protocol to your
Model 100 (if you come online using one of the telcom programs from the library
that contain the xmodem algorithum) but once transferred the file is useless to
you.  However, if you come online via a MS-DOS computer and use xmodem to
transfer a ARC or ZIP file to your computer, you will need an uncompress
program to break out all the parts.  Compress and uncompress programs are
available from any of the shareware vendors as well as on those BBS's that also
provide ACR and ZIP files.  Also, I believe the the PK series is available
commercially--a good investment if you're into that sort of thing.  -Rick-