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- ARCTOOL Version 5.0
- Copyright (c) 1989 GDSOFT
-
-
- GETTING STARTED :
-
- ARCTOOL is a shell to the many of the most popular archive (compression)
- programs available. ARCTOOL will support ARC Version 5 or 6 by SEA Assoc.
- PKXARC.EXE ,PKXARC.COM and the new PKUNZIP.EXE written by Phil Katz, as
- well as LBR and ZOO files. Since ARCTOOL is a shell, you obviously must
- have a version of the de-arcing software that you want to use somewhere on
- the same drive as ARCTOOL.
-
- ARCTOOL is executed for the DOS command line by entering AT. First, the
- program will search your entire disk for files ending in the extension
- 'ARC','PAK','PKA','LBR','ZOO' and 'ZIP'.
-
-
- The first time into the program, you will need to tell ARCTOOL what program
- and format you want to use for each of the file extensions supported. The
- screen looks like this :
-
-
- ╔══════════════════ ARCTOOL Setup ══════════════════╗
- ║ ║
- ║ ARC Program : D:\UTILITY\PKXARC.EXE ║
- ║ PAK Program : D:\UTILITY\PAK.EXE ║
- ║ ZIP Program : D:\UTILITY\PKUNZIP.EXE ║
- ║ LBR Program : D:\GAMES\LUE.COM ║
- ║ ZOO Program : D:\UTILITY\ZOO.EXE ║
- ║ ║
- ╚═════ ,-Up/Down ┘-Select Esc-Exit ══════╝
-
-
- Enter the name of the program to use for each extension (i.e. PKXARC.EXE),
- and if it is on the disk, ARCTOOL will find it. Of course, you can enter
- the full path along with the filename (i.e. C:\UTILITY\PKXARC.EXE).
-
-
- Next you will be asked to select a decompression format. The different
- programs available have different command line switches that must be used.
- The selection window looks like this :
-
-
- ╒═══════════════ Select An Archive Format ═══════════════╕ ║
- │ SEA : ARC {xepv}[ow] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │ PKWARE : PK[xarc,unpak] {epc}[r] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │ PKWARE : PKUNZIP {epc} [o] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │ NOGATE : PAK {ep}[wa] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │ V.BUERG : LUE <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │ R.DHESI : ZOO {ep}[o] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
-
- Select the appropiate format, and press 'RETURN'. You will then be asked if
- you want to OVERWRITE existing files on extraction. Answer 'Y' or 'N'.
- Proceed with this process until you have entered a program name for each
- file extension. If you do not want to use a particular format, leave the
- slot blank. ARCTOOL will fill in NOT USED in the slot for you.
-
- ╔══════════════════ ARCTOOL Setup ══════════════════╗
- ║ ║
- ║ ARC Program : D:\UTILITY\PKXARC.EXE ║
- ║ PAK Program : D:\UTILITY\┌─────────────────────────────┐
- ║ ZIP Program : D:\UTILITY\│ Overwrite Files ?? (Y/N) Y │
- ║ LBR Program : D:\GAMES\LU└─────────────────────────────┘
- ║ ZOO Program : D:\UTILITY\ZOO.EXE ║
- ║ ║
- ╚═════ ,-Up/Down ┘-Select Esc-Exit ══════╝
-
- Press ESCAPE when you have finished this process. All of your choices will
- be written out to disk, and may be changed again at anytime. See the SLASH
- (/) command below for more information.
-
-
- Next ARCTOOL will present you with this screen.
-
- ╔════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════╤════════════════════════╗
- ║ Archive : │ Files : 0 │ Bytes : 0 ║
- ╟────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────╢
- ║ OutPath : D:\ │ Tagged : 0 │ Bytes : 0 ║
- ╟──────╔═══════════════════════════════╗─────────────┴────────────────────────╢
- ║ Fi║ NONAME.ARC ║ Packed Ratio Date Time ║
- ╚══════║ D:\$MENU1.ARC ║══════════════════════════════════════╝
- ║ D:\$MENU2.ARC ║
- ║ D:\CMNFILES.PKA ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\DL.PAK ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\JWCLL1.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\PK_MSGS.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\REPEAT.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\SHELL.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\SUPERBAT.ZOO ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\TEXT.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TEMP\VOL8N04.ARC ║
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\GDSOFT.ZIP ║
- ╚═════════[ Files = 14 ]════════╝
-
- ╔═ COMMANDS : ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ PgUp,Slash, T - Tag U - Untag A - TagAll Y - UnTagAll E - Extract ║
- ║ PgDn,Home,Esc V - View P - Print D - Delete L - OutPath Q - Quit ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- Simply use the cursor keys to select one of the archives. The entry
- 'NONAME.ARC' is provided to allow selection of an archive on another disk,
- or you can enter 'A:' and all of the archives on the 'A' drive will be
- presented.
-
-
- THE COMMAND WINDOW :
-
- After selecting an archive, its contents will be read, and all of its files
- will be presented. The command window at the bottom of the screen displays
- all of the features of ARCTOOL.
-
- Files can be Tagged (T) or UnTagged (U). Files can be Extracted (E) to any
- Outpath (L). Files can also be Viewed (V) on the CRT or Printed (P) on the
- printer.
-
- The 'A' key tags all of the files in the archive, and the 'Y' key untags
- all tagged files. The 'D' key allows files within the archive to be
- deleted, so be careful, you'll only get one chance. The 'Q' key quits
- ARCTOOL.
-
- Pressing the slash (/) key opens up the following option window.
-
- ╔════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════╤════════════════════════╗
- ║ Archive : │ Files : 0 │ Bytes : 0 ║
- ╟────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────╢
- ║ OutPath : D:\ │ Tagged : 0 │ Bytes : 0 ║
- ╟──────╔═══════════════════════════════╗─────────────┴────────────────────────╢
- ║ Fi║ NONAME.ARC ║ Packed Ratio Date Time ║
- ╚══════║ D:\$MENU1.ARC ║ ════════════════════════════════════╝
- ║ D:\$MENU2.ARC ║
- ║ D:\CMNFILES.ARC ║
- ║ D:\GAMES\MONOPOLY.LBR ║
- ║ D:\TURBO\ARCTOOL.ZIP ║
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\ARCPLUS.ARC ║ ╒═════════════╕
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\ARCTOOL.ARC ║ │ Colors │
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\GDSOFT.ARC ║ │ Noise - On │
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\OLDTP\PASCAL.ARC ║ │ DOS Shell │
- ║ D:\TURBO\TP\OLDTP\TURBO3.ARC ║ │ Execute │
- ║ D:\UTILITY\PAKFDOC.PAK ║ │ Sort │
- ║ D:\UTILITY\TEST.ZOO ║ │ SeTup │
- ╚═════════[ Files = 12 ]════════╝ │ Exit │
- ╘═════════════╛
- ╔═ COMMANDS : ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ PgUp,Slash, T - Tag U - Untag A - TagAll Y - UnTagAll E - Extract ║
- ║ PgDn,Home,Esc V - View P - Print D - Delete L - OutPath Q - Quit ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- Using the cursor keys, you can
-
- ..... Select ARCTOOL Colors
- ..... Turn the BEEPs On/Off
- ..... Shell down to DOS
- ..... Execute another program or DOS command
- ..... Change your Setup information
- ..... Sort the files display
- ..... Quit the options menu
-
- The best way to find out how these options work is to try them. Just one
- point. Selections for colors, Setup, and Sort are saved to disk as
- defaults. This means that the next time you use ARCTOOL, the last choices
- selected will be the defaults.
-
- Well, thats pretty much it. I think that you will find ARCTOOL easy to use,
- FAST, and once you get used to using it, indespensible !!
-
- If you like ARCTOOL, then please register it. For those who do, I will send
- some additional software that I have written to you as a BONUS. Believe me
- there are many goodies on this BONUS disk including the companion program
- ARCPLUS Version 5.0, which will allow you create archives in any of the
- formats. (ARCPLUS will NOT be uploaded anywhere !! This is the only way you
- can get it !!).
-
- Send a FORMATTED, BLANK diskette to
-
- G.D. DAVIS
- 57280 Osage Drive
- Goshen, Indiana 46526
-
- Please Include a $30.00 registration fee.
-
- Make sure that you include your return address.
-
-
- If you have any comments or questions, I would REALLY love to receive your
- comments or suggestions. I can be reached by leaving mail on GENIE
- (G.D.DAVIS) or CompuServe (72067,2726).
-
- Thank you for choosing ARCTOOL.
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
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- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ │ ▓▓▓
- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ 12:00 pm Tuesday May 30, 1989 │ ▓▓▓
- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ │ ▓▓▓
- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ │ ▓▓▓
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- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ F5 - Display Directory │ ▓▓▓
- ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ F6 - Load 'ARCTOOL' Utility │ ▓▓▓
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- │ [S]ystem Status │
- │ [P]rinter Setup │
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- └───────────────────┘
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-
-
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-
- Cost : $45.00
-
-
- Send a FORMATTED, BLANK diskette to
-
- G.D. DAVIS
- 57280 Osage Drive
- Goshen, Indiana 46526
-
- Please Include the $45.00 registration fee.
-
- Make sure that you include your return address.
-
-