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Message number 4276 in "NETMAIL"
Date: 12-01-90  12:22
From: Thomas Ryan
To:   Terry Fields
Subj: Re:

Hi there; the second is the manual which Mike left out of the file! I'll get
the info you requested, actually I'll forward the message to Mike and let him
reply, but here is what it does:

It's like Shez or Arcmaster, combined with several of the functions of e.g.
Fido-Fam. It can be set up for Opus 1.03, 1.1x, Max, and one other BBS, which
escapes me. It has sysop functions, allowing it to, using
files.bbs/areas.dat, let you change paths with a "arrow-key down to the area
you want to go to"; allows the sysop to view inside archives, including
self-extracting, to read docs inside them, and modify the files.bbs. (I use
it pretty exclusively for files description maintenance
-- with over 4,000 files here, it used to be a real hastle when I would
either trash my files.bbs or I'd get a 2 meg zip w/ many files inside but no
descriptions, etc. Arcaid is REAL good for those situations.) The sysop
features allow hurling/moving files, describing them;  reading or deleting or
modifying docs inside archives. Support for arc, zip, pak, lzh, including
self-extracting. Written in C with (I understand) Smedley's routines
throughout (This is from Mike -- believe me, a programmer I am NOT!) Check it
out -- you might be impressed! Anyway, I will have Mike supply the info he
thinks appropriate to answer your questions. While I sure haven't abandoned
Fido-fam, I have a much easier time in giving files descriptions, together
with the functions expected of a Shez/Arcmaster-stype archiving shell.
Thanks for your quick reply. I know Mike will appreciate it.