cse6014@eve.wright.edu (Mark Mankins) (04/13/90)
Could someone please take the time to explain how to de-arc .sda files? (i.e. what program(s) is required and where can it be obtained.) An e-mail reply would be appreciated since the local news feeds at this site have been quite erratic. Thank you very much. Mark Mankins cse6014@eve.wright.edu
cs4344af@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Fuzzy Fox) (12/11/90)
In article <36732@cup.portal.com> Michelle@cup.portal.com (Tracy M Wirs) writes: >You might want to copy the *.sda file onto a BLANK disk before dissolving... It is not necessary to copy the .SDA file to another disk. Since by nature SDA's fit into memory, all that is needed is that you LOAD the SDA into memory, but do not RUN it until you have inserted a blank disk into the drive. Actually I prefer the newer SFX standard invented by Chris Smeets (I think), but unfortunately it requires a C128 to generate these files.
hh2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (12/12/90)
In article <36732@cup.portal.com>, Michelle@cup.portal.com (Tracy M Wirs) writes: > RE: *.sda files..... > > SDA means Self-Dissolving ARK. It was put together to dissolve without the > need of a separate program (like ARKIVE). All you do is LOAD and RUN the > program, and it will dissolve itself. You might want to copy the *.sda file > onto a BLANK disk before dissolving....... > > Michelle@cup.portal.com Not usually necessary. When you run an SDA it prints a text intro, then waits until you press a key. You can put a blank disk into the drive before it starts dissolving. Aaron Peromsik hh2x@cornella.cit.cornell.edu
cs4344af@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Fuzzy Fox) (12/18/90)
In article <90351.212148EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu> EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu (Ernie Oporto) writes: > I'm having trouble with these .sda files. The correct procedure for an .SDA file is: 1. Download the file. You should end up with a PRG format file. The file is BINARY format so do not do any ASCII translation whatsoever. 2. LOAD the file on your machine. You should not have run any other software beforehand. You *might* be able to load and start up a software Fast-Loader, but this is not guaranteed to work on some of the larger .SDA files, depending on where the fast-loader is placed in memory. Note: .SDA files should be less than 202 blocks. A file larger than this will not work properly when loaded into memory. 3. RUN the .SDA file just loaded. The program should print a short message about what is in the file (although many do not tell you exactly what the contents are). You will be asked to press a key. At this point, you should make sure that there is a disk in drive 8 which has a lot of room on it (blank is usually best). When you press a key, several large files will be written to the disk in the drive. SDA files are supposed to be easy to use, so you really should not have much trouble running them. You don't need a special de-archive program to use them. Just LOAD and RUN. -- begin 644 .signature G5&AI<R!S<&%C92!I;G1E;G1I;VYA;&QY(&QE9G0@8FQA;FLN#0H: end