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Started by ddrex
Tue, 28 Oct 1986 20:31
re: re: "arc" files
Author: ddrex
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1986 20:31
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1986 20:31
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Please be aware that there is no later version of the MSDOS ARC utility than 5.12. Some bozo has hacked 5.12 so that it will eat the boot sector of a hard disk, and released it as 5.13. Be sure of what you're getting when you get it! The safest way is to get it from a friend, or from a bbs whose operator verifies all his files. As Paul Allen noted earlier, you can get it from nearly any IBM oriented bbs, and you can get a list of those from a computer store (or the kids who hang around them). It's probably THE most popular shareware program ever distributed and there's no sense reposting it here when it is so widely available every place else.
Re: re: "arc" files
Author: John Plocher
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1986 17:42
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1986 17:42
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Concerning the ARC program from System Enhancement Associats: (SEA)
>As Paul Allen noted earlier, you can get it from nearly any IBM oriented bbs,
>and you can get a list of those from a computer store (or the kids who hang
>around them). It's probably THE most popular shareware program ever distributed
^^^^^^^^^
>and there's no sense reposting it here when it is so widely available every
>place else.
BUT - There haven't been very many people who've actually sent in
payment for this wonderful program! In fact, the sources posted to
the net had the part of the program which displays the copyright
and shareware donation panel COMMENTED OUT! - In violation of the
distribution notes contained in the program! (... as long as
this message is not removed ...)
The whole concept behind Thom releasing ARC as shareware was that
he ASSUMED that most people were honest, and that they'd pay
for useful software. To be short and sweet, he got screwed!
His other programs developed after ARC are ALL FOR SALE programs,
no more shareware from this author!
Do you find ARC useful? Obviously, since it is being
used to post lots of stuff to the net. Ok, since it
is useful to you,
Have *YOU* paid Thom for your copy of ARC?
If not, WHY NOT?
Is the $35 - $50 too much for you or your company? It is
less than the cost of 2 boxes of disks! Less than 1% of
the cost of your PC! 2 Printer ribbons! 1 RS-232 or
Centronics cable!
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