Date   : Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:18:16 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: {OT] Decoding a Sparkplug file

Steve Inglis wrote:
>      Does anyone have any utility that runs on windows, linux or mac
> that decodes a file that encoded for the archimedes.  I don't have
 
What do you mean by "for the archimedes"? You can get RISC OS
archivers and dearchiers for Arc, ARJ, Blk, Cab, CPIO, LBR, LZH,
McStuff, PackDir, Spark, Squash, Squeeze, Squish, Tar, Zoo, Zip to
name just a few off the top of my head.
 
> access to a real machine, and despite installing !Sparkplug on an
> emulator cannot get the file to open.
 
That possibly suggests it's not a Spark file, but the SparkPlug
help says "unpack all types of RISC OS and PC archives, just drop
on the icon bar".
 
What are the first dozen or so bytes of the file?
 
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