Date   : Tue, 14 Oct 1986 20:16:00 MDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: I just got my first file from the SIMTEL20 archives...

There is a program to handle ARC and LBR files on VAX-VMS...

Filename                       Type     Bytes   CRC

Directory PD:<CPM.VAXVMS>
VMSSWEEP.FOR.3                 ASCII    50461  92E5H

C-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C      Program used to provide LSWEEP and some ARC functionality on VMS
C
C      VMSsweep will handle .LBR and .ARC* files and can be used to extract 
C      members or just display them on the terminal if they are non binary
C
C      Restrictions: 
C              The VMS file must have a maximum record length of 4096 bytes. 
C              The library file (.ARC* or .LBR) can only have 200 members
C
C      Functions provided:
C              View a member at the terminal -squeezed or unsqueezed
C              Extract a member to a file (Max 510 byte records) 
C              List the directory of a library file
C              New library file requested
C
C      Author:
C              John T. Coburn          Digital Equipment, Cleveland
C              Copyright (c) 1986
C
C      Please feel free to distribute this program by any noncommercial
C      means to anyone who can use it.
C
C      * ARC is Copyright 1985,1986 by System Enhancements Associates
C
C      This program was in general based on the Turbo Pascal program 
C      DEARC that is in the public domain. Also referenced ARC sources
C      from System Enhancement Associates
C
C-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don't forget there are option arguements to the SEND command when
requesting files from ARCHIVE-REQUEST...  SEND RAW is one of them.  It
should only be used for the initial transfer of files needed to
bootstrap because it does no compression and therefore places a heavy
load on the mail system.

--Keith