Re: Extracting Lynx archives

From: Terry Raymond <traymond20_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:34:08 -0600
Message-ID: <CAEFCF-rJMUxkZbL-ReBL0t=aM6JjEE6_awiBH3GmksH-Lc3Sag@mail.gmail.com>
Hmm I'm familiar with the Lynx app in GEOS is this the same šŸ¤”
Terry Raymond

On Oct 25, 2017 11:34 PM, "Marko MƤkelƤ" <msmakela@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 06:32:05PM -0400, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>> The ZIP files contains LNX files. There is a LYNX8017.ZIP which unzips to
>>> a LYNX8017.GT which should be an executable file for PET with BASIC 4.
>>> Haven't tried that.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah.  I see that.  That util does load at $0401 and appears to be
>> compiled BASIC (petspeed)
>>
>> I did try using c1541 and its unlynx command, but it doesn't like the
>> files the way Ken Ross packed them.  They appear to have a BASIC stub at
>> the front telling you to use Lynx, which is likely confusing c1541 (I never
>> did a lot with compressed files on Commodore machines - just not enough
>> savings to make it worth the hassle, like now).
>>
>
> I thought that it is the standard way how Lynx files work. It is an
> uncompressed archive format that allows in-place operation. You could just
> edit the next-sector pointers in-place to assemble or expand a Lynx archive.
>
> Did you try the -l option of my cbmconvert? It supports the Lynx format.
>
>         Marko
>
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