adm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alan David Messer) (06/11/91)
Hi, I know this has probably already been asked,but what do I have to do to a '.MSA' file to get the demo to work?? I have whattaheck demo,but am unable to use it because of this?? Can anyone help?? Alan.
erkamp@arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.160655.13941@doc.ic.ac.uk> adm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alan David Messer) writes: >Hi, > > I know this has probably already been asked,but what do I have to do >to a '.MSA' file to get the demo to work?? I have whattaheck demo,but am >unable to use it because of this?? > These are Magic Shadow Archive files. You need to get the dearchiver. I beleive it's at atari.archive.umich.edu in atari/archivers as SHADOW.LZH or SHADOW.ARC. Bob
marc@sequoia.cray.com (Marc Bouron) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.201815.1661@arc.ab.ca>, erkamp@arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp) writes: > In article <1991Jun11.160655.13941@doc.ic.ac.uk> adm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alan David Messer) writes: > >Hi, > > > > I know this has probably already been asked,but what do I have to do > >to a '.MSA' file to get the demo to work?? I have whattaheck demo,but am > >unable to use it because of this?? > > > These are Magic Shadow Archive files. You need to get the dearchiver. I beleive > it's at atari.archive.umich.edu in atari/archivers as SHADOW.LZH or SHADOW.ARC. > > Bob I believe that MSA_141.LZH is the latest version at a.a. [M][a][r][c] ################################################################################ # # marc@sequoia.cray.com # . . # # Marc CR Bouron # M.Bouron@cray.co.uk (ARPA) # _|\ /|_ # # Cray Research (UK) Ltd. # M.Bouron@crayuk.uucp (DOMAIN) # (_|_V_|_) # # +44 344 485971 x2208 # M.Bouron@uk.co.cray (JANET) # | | # # # ...!ukc!crayuk!M.Bouron (UUCP) # # ################################################################################
boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.160655.13941@doc.ic.ac.uk>, adm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alan David Messer) writes: >Hi, > > I know this has probably already been asked,but what do I have to do >to a '.MSA' file to get the demo to work?? I have whattaheck demo,but am >unable to use it because of this?? > You need a copy of Magic Shadow Archiver (MSA), which compresses an entire disk into a (big) file, including formatting info. It is on atari.archive, probably under the name shadow.arc (in the archiver directory). -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------
ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.201815.1661@arc.ab.ca> erkamp@arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp) writes: | Path: laas!corton!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aunro!alberta!arcsun.arc.ab.ca!erkamp | These are Magic Shadow Archive files. You need to get the dearchiver. | I beleive it's at atari.archive.umich.edu in atari/archivers as | SHADOW.LZH or SHADOW.ARC. You got the right directory but the info is out of date. According to ComdInd.Z: msa103.lzh 15 Magic shadow Archiver. Needed for graphics demos. msa_141.lzh 30 Magic Shadow Archiver, latest version. shadow.arc 20 magic Sahdow Archiver, early version. Cheers, -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Proud owner of a Mega 4 ST. Wishing it was a Mega STe! :-|