rkl@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (01/28/91)
Many thanks for posting SparkPlug 2.11 - the backgrounding of the unpacking is clever, but got me confused when the application icon for the unpacked program appeared immediately, but the unpacking continued for a minute or so afterwards ! Perhaps the icon could have been the same "busy" one that the icon bar icon displays whilst backgrounding unpacking is in progress. A couple of notes for people downloading SparkPlug 2.11: 1. Create a new directory called !SparkPlug, open it in the Desktop and drag the "IBM format" archive files into the newly opened !SparkPlug window [this assumes you have some form of Spark in the first place - command-line Arc users will know what to do anyway :-)] 2. *SetType !SparkPlug.ExecMe! Obey This is because IBM format archives all extract as Data files. Finally, double-click on the ExecMe! File. !SparkPlug 2.11 is quite neat and seems to solve all the binary postings problems in one fell swoop. I vote a big *yes* to using it for extracting binaries in the forthcoming comp.binaries.acorn newsgroup... Of course, submitters will still need Spark 2 to create the stuff in the first place :-) Richard K. Lloyd, *** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V5.3-1 *** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : RKL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.AND * Liverpool University, * Internet : RKL%and.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Merseyside, England, **************************************************** Great Britain. Q: "What's the world's fastest home micro ?" L69 3BX A: "The Archimedes A3000. 4 MIPS for under 800 pounds."