Date   : Tue, 27 Mar 1990 00:27:50 EST
From   : dg%pallio.UUCP@XAIT.Xerox.COM (David Goodenough)
Subject: ark/unark

bhh@insight.FIDONET.ORG (Brian Hughes) says:
> I guess you're not experienced enough with CP/M to know the ark
> compression is different than the standard arc.  Ark is NOT a SEA product.
> But then, knowing everything, you knew that already didn't you?

I beg to differ. CP/M .ARK's _ARE_ compatible (and the same format) as DOS
.ARC's. I use UNARC16 (on a CP/M machine) on both types very regularly, and
it groks type 9 compression just fine - it will also unwrap either form of
AR[CK] file without noting any difference.

For those not already in the know, the only reason an .ARK is not a .ARC
is so that you know it's CP/M material inside.
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