ARK files

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Apr 30 18:48:54 2002

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Eric J. Korpela wrote:

> > I picked up a bunch of CPM archives from CPMUG. The files end with the
> > ARK file extension. I've tried the unark16.exe I picked up from the
> > oak.oakland.edu site but I can't seem to get them to unpack.
>
> ARK should be the same as ARC. You could probably use pkxarc if you can
> still find it. I think pkunpack will work as well. Does anyone know if
> WINZIP handles "ARC" type archives?

Don't know about WINZIP, but ARCE as well as the other two mentioned
should do the trick. Frequently though, it is necessary to spell out
the ARK extension or rename it to ARC so as not to confuse the program.

                                                 - don

> > What MS-DOS command works on these archives or do I need to fetch a CP/M
> > version and run under a CP/M emulator?
>
> Eric
>
Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 18:48:54 BST