directory issue this command from any dos prompt.ARJ -R -D -$B C:\wares\games B:\*.*Remember  -R   ===   Recurse Subdirectories          -D   ===   Store Full subdirectory Paths structure          -$B  ===   Store the Volume Label of the B:floppy disk To Unarj all the files from the above created .ARJ file in the Wares directoryback to a blank formatted floppy disk issue the following commandARJ X -$ C:\wares\games b:Remember   X   ===   Extract files using pull path and subdirectory structure          -$   ===   Put Volume Label on the B: disk if it exists in .ARJ fileNote: A few differences here between .ZIP and .ARJ  The X switch does notneed the - before it in fact it wont work if you use it. Other than thateverything is about the same.Q. Sometimes when I Unzip Multiple files to a disk all I end up with is Files   Like this.   PROGRAM.ARJ   PROGRAM.A01   PROGRAM.A02   PROGRAM.A03   PROGRAM.A03   ETC.....Also there is no install or anything so what do I do with this. A. These are ARJ Data Extension files. Most Likeley someone wanted to back upan Installed program on the Hard drive with multiple Subdirectories. If theywere to Zip this installed program the maybe the Zip file would be lets say20 Megabytes or so. Arj provides a way to Archive the intire Installed programand create seperate Data Extension files no Larger than the Type of Floppy youdesignate in the Command. I will not go into the proceedure to creat these archives as all that information is in the ARJ Docs and can get somewhat complicated. I will explain now how to Install these programs.In the above Example the following command would Install the Entire programin the C:\Programs Directory.ARJ X -Y Program.* C:\ProgramsOk the X Switxh is to Extract with Subdirectory StructureThe -Y is simply Answer 'Yes' To all questions. This is not required but ARJwill ask you every time before it created a Subdirectory. That can be a Painin the Butt so the -Y will take care of that.The Astrics (*) athe the end is required so that all the extensions (.ARJ,.A01.A02 etc are all merged together.There is a new PKZip Utility that will create these Data Extension files but I have yet to run across a program that was archived in this manner usink Pkzip.Q. Can you explain a little bit about how Pkzip and Arj files are stored. A. Sure. You see when normal Data is stored on the floppy disks there is a lotof repetitious strings of data thru out the files on the disks. What a compression program like Pkzip or Arj does is starting at the beginning of theprocess it will create one file and start by storing information about your floppy disk. First it stores how many files are there and how many subdirectories and stores the names and subdirectory structure within the .Zip file. Next it starts reading the Data and writes what it finds into the .Zip file in a Compressed encrypted code. It can do this by looking for strings of repetitive data, For example if it found 40 Consecutive ASCII Bytesof the value of 20 Which would represent spaces. It would write into the .Zipfile a 40-20,. You see that it only took 4 bytes to store ( 40-20, ) In the .Zip file where as it takes 40 Bytes on the Floppy to store 40 Spaces. As youcan see when the .Zip file is completed it is just simply a bunch of coded data that can at some point be Pkunziped back to a floppy in its original state. Two things are basicly accomplished by .Ziping a file and that simply is that we have only one file to work with that can represent hundreds of files from the floppy disk and that in most cases the Pkzip file will take up less space than the original floppy.Q. Why are some .Zip files actually larger than to combined size of the floppy     that was .zipped up.A. You see when software companies finish programming a large game forexample. They then must put the Data on Floppies in order to sell them. Theless floppies it takes the More prophet for them so they will also use acompression program like Pkzip to compress the files as they are stored to thefloppy. Now when we pkzip the floppy first the file and subdirectory structureis saved to the .Zip file and then the data is searched and written. But because the files are already Compressed, No repetitive sequences of data is found so no compression take place. Wa La the file we now have is larger thanthe original floppy. It is still just fine and great to work with as it is only one file but just not smaller.Q. Sometimes after I install a program I cant find a file in the program               directory that will run the program Why?.A. Will one of the things some software manufactures do is put all of theprogram files in a directory and then put the program that you need to run inorder to start it in the Root directory of the hard drive that way you can type that name from any dos prompt and the program will load. The reason for this is that the root directory is always in the path. I personally always copy these files to the directory in which the program is installed and then all I have to do is switch to that directory before I run the program.Q. Could you give me some more examples of using Pkzip, Pkunzip, And arjso that I fully understand the concept behind this compression commands.A. OK will do it in the following format with examples using some of the           switches available. always look at the dos prompt I give so you understand   what the current directory is when I issue the command.C:\> Pkzip -r -p D:\Cbackup c:\*.*      This command backs up the entire c:hard drive with one file in the root directory of the D: drive namedCbackup.zipC:\? Pkzip d:\cBackup c:\*.*    This command like the one above will make afile in the root directory of D: named Cbackup.zip the same as above but thiszip fill will only contain the files in the root directory of the C:\ drive because we left out the -R -P switches there will be no subdirectories or files in those subdirectories stored in the zip file.C:\> Pkzip c:\temp\games c:\games\game1.exe game2.exe game3.exeThe above command will create a .Zip file named games.zip in the c:\tempdirectory and that file will contain the 3 game?.exe files found in the c:\games directory.C:\> Arj X -R D:\Cbackup C:\*.*   Same as the first >zip example thiscommand will create an entire backup of your C:\ drive and store it in the root directory of D:\ with the filename Cbackup.arjC:\> pkunzip -D -$ -O C:\download\game* c:\temp    This, the most commoncommand used when installing files on your hard drive will Unzip all files inthe C:\download directory that have a file name starting with game to the tempdirectory on your C:\ drive. for example if you have the following files in your C:\download directory.Game-1.zipGame-2.zipGame-3.zipAll these files will be unzipped to the C:\temp directory. The switches will do the following.-D  Creates subdirectories on the C:\temp directories if they exist in the zipfile.-$ rename the volume label of your C:\ hard drive with the Volume label stroedin the Zip file.-O Always overite existing files if they exisit.I hope these are enough examples to get you started. If all else fails read the documentation found on the Pkware or Arj installation disks for completeexplanation of these commands. Also typing either Pkzip /h or Pkunzip /h at ados prompt will give you some help templates to check out explaining thetemplates etc...Q. Is there any other ways to compress Floppy disks other than Pkzip or Arj.                        A. Sure. You see because pkzip and arj can only handle normal dos filestructures and occasionally some software companies put some Non Dos dataon there installation disks Pkzip and arj are unable to duplicate these floppies. There are several programs that will make an entire Image copy ofthe floppy disk but the 2 most popular are Teledisk and DDD (Dan's disk duplicator). Both work in the same manner. They will read each track and sector of the floppy disk and store the data in one large file with the extension .TD0 for teledisk and .DDD for Dan's. This works fine as long as you use the same media to undo the files that was used to store them in the first place. In other words if the file for example game.TD0 was created froma 720K floppy disk you cannot Un teledisk that file to a 1.44 or 1.2 meg floppy. Only a 720K floppy. A good example of this is found when you try to use the Windows NT downloaded from the BBS. Because Microsoft put some abnormal hidden files on the disk number 1 you cannot Pkzip or Arj disk one. That is why when you Unzip the windows NT file number 1 you will see a large file called winnt.DDD and the DDD.exe file. This is the Disk number 1 Image file and the Dans Disk Duplicator program. All you have to do is Put a 1.44 floppy disk in your drive B: and from the directory on your hard drive that the .TD0 and the DDD.EXE file are found Type DDD.exe winnt.td0 b: and the B: disk will be formatted and written to so that the original disk1 of windows with abnormal hidden file and everything are there. Then just unzip the other 21 files to floppies and install.                        Authors Note: #1               July 20Th 1994      It has been a Year since I just updated this document. There are afew comments I would like to Make to keep you up to date. As of now 7-20-94CD'S Thank god have still not caught on and most software is still beingreleased on floppies.  Programs have grown Larger which has caused me to Stop the Downloading of Software and Switch to (D.A.T.) Tape Backup. The presentamount of IBM Uploads each Month is about 1.5 to 1.9 Gigabytes. The DATTapes hold 2.0 Gigs of Uncompressed Data so I just purchase the Tape each month. The IBM PC has been going thru the roof in Popularity. The Commodorehas finally Die'ed as Commodore has recently filed Bankrupcy and is goingthru liquadation at this very moment. Prices of PC Clones are dropping likeHOT Cakes as Ram, Hard Drives etc.prices are dropping every day. Pentium processors have not been as popular as predicted but that will change asCPU Prices drop. Many companies are producing Competitve CPU'S like Cirrix AMD. It will be interesting to see if they can take some of the Monopoly away from INTELL. Microsofts Windows (4) -Chicago- should be released thisFall of 94 and the question is , Will it be more of the same or a truly great multi tasking operating system like the Amiga has had for 10 years.Pre Release Betas have it looking just like the Macintosh!Authors Note: #2               January 26 1995     OK so much for CD-Roms not catching on. Starting at the end of 1994just before Christmas most companies have decided to release all software onCD-Rom and Floppies with more and more releasing on only CD-Rom. The followingquestion and answer session is done to update you on the ever changing worldof pirating software. I have eliminated the Phreaking section of this manualas it doesn't pertain to the reason this was written. I am still getting software on DAT Tape but its up to about 3 Gigs a month and with the most popular software today being the CD-Rom Rips this next section will cover justthat subject.Q.   When I purchase a CD-Rom game from the store, Does that mean it willbe a monster game and can I be sure it will be better than the Floppy version.A.   NOPE!  No way, Most CD Rom releases consume only 15 to 50 Megs ofinformation on the CD. That doesn't mean it isn't an awsome game it just meansthere is no Guarantee that you will get 300 to 500 Megs on that game. In fact there are many CD-Rom programs that take as little as 3 Megabytes. Thatleaves 647 Megs free on that CD. Some companies like Apogee for example,When you by Rise of the Triad CD-Version you get the same Version as the Floppy but they also include the shareware version of every game they evermade.Q.   How do I know if Im getting a good value for my Money when I purchaseA CD. I cant try it an return it. Do I just take a chance.A.   Will one way is to get the GOLD Series CD Listings from my BBS andLook them over. They list many different CD'S on each Disk and Give the Sizeof each program. This is an example of GOLD-5 for the IBM.TITLE                            manufacture           VERSION     SIZE-------------------------------------------------------------------ECSTATIC                         PSYGNOSIS               CD        29 MEGSINFERNO                          US GOLD                 CD        97 MEGSPGA PRO TOUR 486 GOLF            EA SPORTS               CD        233 MEGSLORDS OF THE REALM               IMPRESSIONS             CD        101 MEGSMICROSOFT MULTIMEDIA GOLF        MICROSOFT/ACCESS        CD        86 MEGSZORRO                            CAPSTONE                CD        86 MEGSYou can see right off the bat what the size of the CDs are. Compare this Gold disk with Gold-01 and you will see many CD Titles under 8 Megs.Buy the way this is one of the Latest ways to Pirate software. I offer theseGold disks for $40.00 each. As you can see that way you get multiple CDGames for one around the cost of one CD game. These Gold disk also offer anadvantage over other software as they Install and work exactly like the store bought CD'S. No .ZIP Files to fool with. No complicated installation.Just change directory to your CD rom and type Gold. You will be presented with