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 Subject: RE: newby atari user alert
Author: Galen (140.144.7.8)
Date:   06-26-2002 07:38



ralph wrote:
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>i have downloaded a couple of things but >can't open them on my atari. Do i need >software to unzip them?

Yes, if they end in ".zip". I use STZIP myself, although it has a couple of serious limitations with lfn.

>Do i need disks in a special atari format?

Generally, no. There are a couple of special Atari formats, but we mostly use the standard 720KB DOS uses.

>anyone fancy giving me some step by step
>simple instructions on what to do with my
>new machine..?

Sure, but you have to be a bit more exacting about what you have and what you are trying to do.

Galen

 Topics Author  Date
  newby atari user alert new ralph 06-26-2002 00:25 
   RE: newby atari user alert new atarimusicfan 06-26-2002 04:21 
   RE: newby atari user alert  Galen 06-26-2002 07:38 
   RE: newby atari user alert new FatRakoon 06-26-2002 20:26 

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