Hi, On 2/1/11, dos386 <dos...@gmail.com> wrote: > COOL :-) > > Nevertheless, I'll stay with just ZIP and 7-ZIP (both possibly > containing a TAR). > I don't need 1'000'000'000'000 archive formats.
Nobody needs more than a few, but there are still a ton of old .ARC files out there. And since you brought it up again, I re-searched (and found) the unpacker I was thinking about. I actually emailed the author a handful of years ago (on my other account), and he'd pretty much forgotten about it (no surprise, it's been 20+ years). And I never properly learned Forth, so I have no idea which dialect would be most compatible with this, and I never tried too hard to build it (source only). IIRC, he did say he probably used LMI, but that's an old commercial one. And it's in "block file" format (16x64). :-)) First get an .ARC unpacker (w/ TP src): http://www.vectorbd.com/bfd/pascal/dearc40.lzh Then get this converter: ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/forth/Archive/ibm/blktofth.arc BTW, you can get an .ARC (and others) lister tool here (w/ .ASM src): http://sta.c64.org/arclds.zip Listing archive: blktofth.arc Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Name --------- --------- ---- -------- -------- ----- ------------------------------ 12324 12025 97% 04-15-86 11:11:12 BLKTOFTH.COM 2362 1105 46% 03-11-86 10:43:34 BLKTOFTH.PAS --------- --------- ---- -------- -------- ----- ------------------------------ 14686 13130 89% 04-15-86 11:11:12 2 files You can use "BLKTOFTH" to convert to normal text format. ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/forth/Archive/ibm/rdarc.arc Listing archive: rdarc.arc Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Name --------- --------- ---- -------- -------- ----- ------------------------------ 45056 5829 12% 09-09-88 19:11:06 READARC.SCR --------- --------- ---- -------- -------- ----- ------------------------------ 45056 5829 12% 09-09-88 19:11:06 1 file URUNARC 03:08 09/09/88, Written by Kevin L. Pauba Don't be fooled by the "READARC" name, it can allegedly unpack (unstore, unsquash, uncrunch). And clearly .ARC packs Forth block files extremely well. > (Rugxulo): > The other was written in ancient (LMI?) Forth (on Taygeta FTP archive > somewhere), so I never tested it. (They had a lot of old .ARC files, > not many others still do.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
