DCONVERT.PRG

Copyright 1991 Antic Publishing Inc.

Freeware.  This READ_ME file MUST be distributed with DCONVERT.PRG

To make the process of un-ARCing files easier for our readers,
START magazine uses Double Click Software's DC SEA program
to convert the ARC and LZH files to self-extracting PRG files.

This program, DCONVERT.PRG, converts the self-extracting DC SEA 
file back to its original form, a standard .ARC or .LZH file.

Why would you want to do this?  Because DC SEA is not currently
compatible with the TT.  Also, the DC SEA files on the START 
disks from June to November 1990 do not work with the STE
(we started using DC SEA 2.0 with the December 1990 issue, which
does work with the STE.)

So, if your attempt to run a self-extracting file from the START
disk results with bombs, use DCONVERT.PRG to change them back
into the original .ARC or .LZH file, then use the appropriate
file archiving program, ARC.TTP or LHA.TTP, to uncompress the 
files.  Both of these programs are available from user groups and
BBS's, try to get the newest version.  There is also a shell
program, ARCSHELL, that makes ARC.TTP and LHA.TTP easier to use.

DCONVERT.PRG is pretty straightforward, just run it and follow its
instructions.  You should run it on a backup copy of the START
program, however, just in case.

I apologize for this round-about way that you TT users will have
to endure to access the START disk.  Hopefully Double Click will
come out with a version of DC SEA for the TT soon, we'll start
using it as soon as we get it.

                                           Jim Burton
                                           Tech Editor, START
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