Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!beta!hc!ames!oliveb!dragon From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PKARC Message-ID: <1924@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 18:57:39 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.1924 Posted: Thu Jul 9 18:57:39 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:06:16 EDT References: <1589@phred.UUCP> Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA Lines: 25 in article <1589@phred.UUCP>, craiga@phred.UUCP (Craig Arno TE N9) says: > > squashed entry, I rename to a .PKA extension (Phil Katz Arc). I would > tend to stay away from .ARK extensions because Bob Freed is working on > a CP/M version of Arc that he will call NOAH that produces *.ARK files. > Bob chose the .ARK extension to point out the fact that the archive was > created on a CP/M system instead of MSDOS. The resulting .ARK file is > supposed to otherwise be compatible with the MSDOS verions of ARC. > A point I don't understand: If the resultant ARC file is compatible with the MS-DOS ARC files (especially the SEA ones) why bother giving then a different extension? I mean, ARC files created on any other computer (VAX, Atari, Commodore, Amiga, and I know of people working on Mac versions) still have the same extension--ARC. Since all these files are compatible, there isn't a reason to change the extension. Whereas PKARC files aren't compatible...so there IS a reason to change the extensions there. -- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____