ARC1
FILE INFORMATION
FILENAME(S): ARC1
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
FILE SIZE: 4.3K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:12:25
APPEARS ON: 1 disk(s)
FILE HASH
5da9848839ab109987054f3aef5adfac3e4db88ef073fb7503ce906b634eb7a6
FOUND ON DISKS (1 DISKS)
| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D02F | ARC1 | SEQ | Sailor, Ganheden | 21 | 2 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
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.ARC UTILITY ..ARC IS A UTILITY PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO .NOT ONLY COMBINE A NUMBER O
F FILES .INTO ONE LARGER FILE BUT IT WIL
L ALSO .SHORTEN THOSE FILES AS MUCH AS .
POSSIBLE....ARC CAN SHORTEN A SEQUENTIAL
.FILE AS MUCH AS 65% BUT IT USUALLY .MA
KES IT ABOUT 50% AND PROGRAM FILES .ARE
USUALLY SHORTENED ABOUT 10-30%. .THIS ME
ANS THE AVERAGE Q-LINKER WILL .BENEFIT B
ECAUSE OF SHORTER DOWNLOAD .TIMES. HERE
ARE A FEW OF THE MAJOR .COMMANDS THAT AR
E AVAILABLE TO YOU .WHEN USING ARC. ..TO
DISSOLVE A FILE USING A SINGLE .DISK DR
IVE THAT IS DEVICE # 8 USE THE .FOLLOWIN
G COMMAND: ..ARC/XA A:FILENAME.ARC ..TO
DISSOLVE A FILE USING 2 DISK DRIVES .WHE
RE THE SOURCE DRIVE IS # 8 AND THE .DEST
INATION DRIVE IS # 9 USE THE .FOLLOWING
COMMAND: ..ARC/XC A:FILENAME.ARC ..ARC U
SES A LETTER CODE TO INSTRUCT THE .PROGR
AM AS TO WHAT DRIVE TO READ AND .WRITE T
O. THE LETTER CODES ARE AS .FOLLOWS: ..
A IS DEVICE 8 DRIVE 0 . B IS DEVICE 8
DRIVE 1 * . C IS DEVICE 9 DRIVE 0 . D I
S DEVICE 9 DRIVE 1 * . E IS DEVICE 10 D
RIVE 0 . F IS DEVICE 10 DRIVE 1 * . G IS
DEVICE 11 DRIVE 0 . H IS DEVICE 11 DRIV
E 1 * .. * = DUAL DISK DRIVE UNITS ONLY
..TO VIEW AN ARC'S DIRECTORY AND TO SEE
.HOW MANY DISK BLOCKS IT WILL TAKE UP .W
HEN DISSOLVED USE THE FOLLOWING: .. ARC/
L A:FILENAME.ARC ..THIS COMMAND IS TELLI
NG THE PROGRAM TO .READ THE DIRECTORY OF
THE ARC FILE ON .DRIVE #8. .. <PRESS F7
AND SELECT "GET NEXT ITEM"> .
-::-...TO PRINT OUT THE CONTENTS
OF A FILE .WITHIN THE ARC'D FILE YOU CA
N USE THE .FOLLOWING COMMAND: ..ARC/P A:
FILENAME.ARC SUBFILENAME ..EXAMPLE: ..AR
C/P A:DISKLIBRARY.ARC INDEX ..THE ABOVE
COMMAND WILL MAKE ARC SEARCH .THROUGH TH
E ARC'D FILE CALLED ."DISKLIBRARY.ARC" U
NTIL IT FINDS THE .FILE CALLED "INDEX" T
HAT IS WITHIN THE .ARCHIVED FILE. WHEN I
T FINDS IT, IT .WILL AUTOMATICALLY PRINT
THE CONTENTS .OF THAT FILE TO THE SCREE
N. ..TO PRINT THE FILE TO A PRINTER USE
THE .FOLLOWING COMMAND: ..ARC/P/P A:FILE
NAME.ARC SUBFILENAME ..IF YOU FIND THAT
ALL THE UPPER CASE .LETTERS ARE COMING O
UT IN GRAPHICS .MODE THEN YOU WILL HAVE
TO CHANGE THE .SECONDARY ADDRESS TO YOUR
PRINTER. TO .DO THIS YOU MUST FIRST KNO
W WHAT THE .SECONDARY ADDRESS IS SUPPOSE
D TO BE. .MOST COMMODORE PRINTERS USE 7
AS THEIR .SECONDARY ADDRESS. TO CHANGE I
T JUST .LOAD THE ARC PROGRAM USING ,8 BU
T DO .NOT RUN IT. WHEN THE PROGRAM HAS .
FINISHED LOADING TYPE IN THE FOLLOWING .
. POKE1028,7 ..REPLACE THE 7 WITH WHATEV
ER THE .SECONDARY ADDRESS OF YOUR PRINTE
R IS. .NOW YOU SHOULD RESAVE THE PROGRAM
.BEFORE RUNNING IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
.ENTER THE POKE AGAIN. REMEMBER TO SAVE
.THE PROGRAM USING ,8 AND NOT ,8,1 AT .
THE END. .. <PRESS F7 AND SELECT "GET NE
XT ITEM"> . -::-....TO
CREATE AN ARC FILE YOU MUST USE THE .FOL
LOWING COMMAND: .. ARC/C A:ARCFILENAME.A
RC A:FILE1 FILE2 . FILE3 FILE 4 FILE 5 E
CT. ..EXAMPLE: .. ARC/C A:DISKLIBRARY.AR
C A:INDEX . TERMINAL GRAPHICS GAMES UTIL
ITIES ..THIS COMMAND WILL CREATE THE ARC
'D .FILE CALLED "DISKLIBRARY.ARC" ON DRI
VE .#8. IT WILL TAKE THE FILES CALLED .I
NDEX, TERMINAL, GRAPHICS, GAMES AND .UTI
LITIES FROM DRIVE # 8, THEN IT WILL .PRO
CEDE TO SHORTEN EACH FILE AS MUCH .AS IT
CAN AND THEN WRITE THEM ALL INTO .ONE L
ARGER FILE CALLED "DISKLIBRARY". ..IF TH
E FILES WERE ON ANOTHER DRIVE .SAY, DRIV
E #9 THEN YOU WOULD USE THIS .COMMAND. .
. ARC/C A:DISKLIBRARY.ARC C:INDEX . TERM
INAL GRAPHICS GAMES UTILITIES ..YOU MUST
REMEMBER THREE THINGS WHEN .WORKING WIT
H ARC. ONE IS THAT YOU MAY .ONLY USE 2 L
INES FOR ANY ARC COMMAND. .SECOND IS THA
T ARC CAN ONLY USE 8 .DIFFERENT PATTERNS
OR FILENAMES AT ONE .TIME. YOU MAY INDI
CATE MORE THAN 8 .FILENAMES BY USING THE
"*" AS A .WILDCARD. IF YOU USED G* IN T
HE ARC .COMMAND SHOWN ABOVE, YOU WOULD G
ET ALL .THE FILES ON DRIVE # 9 THAT BEGI
N WITH .G PUT INTO THE ARC'D FILE. THIRD
IS .THAT ARC DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANY SPA
CES .IN A FILE NAME. IN OTHER WORDS IF Y
OU .HAD A FILE CALLED "MY DOCS" AND YOU
.USED THE COMMAND, .. ARC/C A:FILENAME.A
RC A:MY DOCS ..THEN YOU WOULD GET A "FIL
E NOT FOUND" .ERROR BECAUSE ARC WOULD LO
OK FOR A .FILE CALLED "MY" THEN IT WOULD
LOOK .FOR A FILE CALLED "DOCS". TO MAKE
ARC .RECOGNIZE THE FILE YOU HAVE TWO .O
PTIONS. ONE IS TO INCLUDE THE "?". TO .U
SE IT DO IT LIKE THIS. .. ARC/C A:FILENA
ME.ARC A:MY?DOCS ..OR YOU CAN USE A SHIF
TED SPACE BETWEEN .THE WORDS "MY" AND "D
OCS". ..THERE'S A MORE COMPLETE DOCUMENT
ATION .FILE FOR ARC IN THE TELECOMMUNICA
TIONS .LIBRARY UNDER THE UTILITIES HEADI
NG. .. <PRESS F5 FOR MENU> ...
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