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╫HAT ┼VERYONE ╙HOULD ╦NOW ┴BOUT ─ISSOLVING ┴RCHIVED ╞ILES
(╩UST THE ┬ASICS)
├OPYRIGHT 1992
┬Y ╟AELYNE ╥. ═ORANEC
╠AST MONTH, WHEN ╔ WENT TO MY LOCAL ├OMMODORE ╒SERS ╟ROUP MEETING, ╔ PICKED
UP OUR MONTHLY ╤-LINK DISK, AND WAS PLEASED TO FIND SEVERAL ARCHIVED FILES
ON THE DISK. ╙URE, ╔ HAD TO GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF DISSOLVING THEM, BUT
IT ALSO MEANT THAT THERE WERE MORE PROGRAMS ON THE DISK THAN WOULD HAVE FIT
OTHERWISE. ╔N OTHER WORDS MORE FILES FOR THE MONEY!
┼VERYONE WHO DOWNLOADS FILES FROM ╤-LINK OR ANY ┬┬╙ SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH THESE CRYPTIC FILES ENDING IN .┴╥├, .╙─┴, OR .╙╞╪. ┴NYONE WHO SHARES
FILES WITH FRIENDS SHOULD ALSO KNOW HOW TO DISSOLVE (DECOMPRESS) ARCHIVED
FILES. ╔'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THESE ARE, AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM WHEN
YOU RUN INTO THEM. ╘HEN ╔'LL TRY TO TAKE THE MYSTERY OUT OF ├HRIS ╙MEET'S
ARCHIVE PROGRAM, ┴RC250.4, WHICH IS AN ARCHIVE UTILITY PROGRAM.
╔MAGINE RECYCLING PLASTIC GALLON MILK JUGS. ╞IRST YOU RINSE THEM OUT AND
THEN YOU FLATTEN THEM SO YOU CAN STORE THEM FOR RECYCLING. ╘HIS IS
BASICALLY WHAT THE PROGRAM ┴╥├250.4 DOES. ╔T FIRST CHECKS THE FILE, THEN
DECIDES THE BEST WAY TO FLATTEN IT OUT FOR STORAGE. ╘HERE ARE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR COMPRESSION THAT IT CAN USE, EACH WITH VARIOUS
DIFFERENT ALGORITHMS FOR COMPRESSION. ╘HEY HAVE NAMES LIKE: CRUNCH,
SQUASH AND SQUEEZE. ╙EVERAL FILES CAN BE COMPACTED AND TIED TOGETHER
INTO ONE FILE. ╧NCE THIS PROCESS IS FINISHED, A NEW FILE IS CREATED,
AND HAS THE EXTENSION OF .┴╥├ AT THE END. ╘HE NEW FILE TAKES UP LESS
DISK SPACE THAN THE TOTAL OF THE ORIGINAL FILES.
┴NOTHER PROGRAM, ┴╥├-╙─┴, IS SOMETIMES USED TO MAKE THE ARC'ED FILE EASIER
TO EXPAND (IMAGINE TAKING A CRUNCHED MILK JUG AND FILLING IT WITH HOT WATER
TO MAKE IT USABLE AGAIN). ╘HIS PROGRAM CREATES THE .╙─┴ EXTENSION ON THE
FILE NAME, AND MEANS ╙ELF ─ISSOLVING ┴RCHIVE. ╨ROGRAMS WITH THIS EXTENSION
ARE EASY TO EXPAND - YOU JUST LOAD IT AS A BASIC PROGRAM ON DRIVE #8. ╔T
TELLS YOU TO INSERT A WORK DISK WITH LOTS OF SPACE, AND PUTS THE ORIGINAL
FILES ON THAT DISK, READY TO RUN.
╘HE .╙╞╪ FILE IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS AN .╙─┴ FILE. ╔T STANDS FOR ╙EL╞
E╪TRACTING, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE ELEGANT TO USE. ╘HE ORIGINAL
COMPRESSION OF THESE FILES IS WITH THE ╠╚┴RC ALGORITHMS USED BY "OTHER
COMPUTER BRANDS. ╘HESE COMPRESSIONS WERE DONE WITH THE 128 AND AN ╥┼╒. ╬OT
ONLY ARE THE FILES PACKED TIGHTER, WITH A BETTER COMPRESSION RATE, BUT
WHEN YOU LOAD AND RUN AN .╙╞╪ FILE, IT OFFERS THE CHOICE OF DRIVE NUMBERS
TO PUT THE EXPANDED ORIGINAL FILES ON. ╫ITH MORE THAN ONE DRIVE, THIS IS
A NICE FEATURE.
┴ UTILITY PROGRAM CALLED ╧MEGA╤-╔╔ WILL DISSOLVE BOTH .┴╥├ AND .╙─┴ FILES.
╔F YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE DRIVE IT WILL PUT THE ORIGINAL FILES ON ANY DRIVE
YOU SPECIFY. ╔F YOU HAVE ONLY ONE DISK DRIVE, IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF
ERASING THE ARCHIVED FILE AS IT WRITES THE DECOMPRESSED FILES TO DISK.
╫ITH SOME FILES IT MAY BE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FIT THE DECOMPRESSED FORM
ONTO ONE DISK WITH A SINGLE DRIVE SET UP.
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