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- DCONVERT.PRG
-
- Copyright 1991 Antic Publishing Inc.
-
- Freeware. This READ_ME file MUST be distributed with DCONVERT.PRG
-
- To make the process of un-ARCing files easier for our readers,
- START magazine uses Double Click Software's DC SEA program
- to convert the ARC and LZH files to self-extracting PRG files.
-
- This program, DCONVERT.PRG, converts the self-extracting DC SEA
- file back to its original form, a standard .ARC or .LZH file.
-
- Why would you want to do this? Because DC SEA is not currently
- compatible with the TT. Also, the DC SEA files on the START
- disks from June to November 1990 do not work with the STE
- (we started using DC SEA 2.0 with the December 1990 issue, which
- does work with the STE.)
-
- So, if your attempt to run a self-extracting file from the START
- disk results with bombs, use DCONVERT.PRG to change them back
- into the original .ARC or .LZH file, then use the appropriate
- file archiving program, ARC.TTP or LHA.TTP, to uncompress the
- files. Both of these programs are available from user groups and
- BBS's, try to get the newest version. There is also a shell
- program, ARCSHELL, that makes ARC.TTP and LHA.TTP easier to use.
-
- DCONVERT.PRG is pretty straightforward, just run it and follow its
- instructions. You should run it on a backup copy of the START
- program, however, just in case.
-
- I apologize for this round-about way that you TT users will have
- to endure to access the START disk. Hopefully Double Click will
- come out with a version of DC SEA for the TT soon, we'll start
- using it as soon as we get it.
-
- Jim Burton
- Tech Editor, START
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- San Francisco, CA
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