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Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed

From	thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.msdos.misc, comp.os.msdos.programmer, alt.msdos.batch, alt.msdos.batch.nt
Subject	Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed
Date	2011-10-27 20:49 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<Xns9F8BA11AE1121thanexit@88.198.244.100> (permalink)
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"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> wrote in
news:Xns9F8AB9C51B8C5auricauricauricauric@88.198.244.100: 

<snip>

> I'm pretty sure Richard meant the URL of the .arc file(s)
> containing the TYTs. A link to the archive(s) would give
> you the best results from us. 

The ARC file containing the ten TYT files is one of the 2838 
files contained within the utility.zip file. Feel free to ask 
Mr. Scovetta why he set it up this way.

>> But there are some interesting things in there, although
>> TOTALLY disorganized. If you look at some of the formtool
>> files, you'll see what I was talking about re: personal
>> info. 
> 
> FWIW, that archive contains an older copy of TrID. You
> could try using that to identify your TYT files. Just
> sayin'. 

Nothing identifies the TYT files, but the ARC archive was 
identifies as an arc archive by about ten programs I checked it 
with, including some which helpful members of these groups have 
provided me with links to (thank you).

<snip>

> There was at least one archiver from the 80's that changed
> the middle letter of the extension to something else to
> indicate that it was compressed (although I think that
> archiver used Z, i.e. filename.tzt). 

I can change the middle letter even in Windows Explorer, not 
that I would EVER run that piece if crap. I believe my OP, which 
even gave you the first two lines of one of the TYT files, which 
indicate that there is (or at least might be) a TXT file inside 
provided all the info necessary.

I have little DOS experience compared to the assumed combined 
powers in these groups, so I posted this out of curiosity. But 
ten ASCII art files are certainly not worth wasting any more of 
your or anyone else's time. I have spent at least 5 hours on 
this by now, and I am ready to just forget I ever came across 
them.

(Notwithstanding, if anyone has even more free time than I, they 
are welcome to battle with this stupid file and if they succeed, 
they will be thanked profusely, regardless of the actual 
contents, which I am certain are quite uninteresting. I just 
hate mysteries.)


-- 
"Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at 
it. I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named 
Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found 
out that you had already stolen it."
	Bill Gates to Steve Jobs, around 1983

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ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-24 20:14 +0000
  Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-10-24 21:41 +0000
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell@munted.org.uk> - 2011-10-24 23:10 +0100
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 01:09 +0000
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2011-10-25 12:18 -0700
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 01:09 +0000
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-10-26 00:34 -0400
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 01:09 +0000
  Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-25 11:42 +0000
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 01:09 +0000
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-26 13:18 +0000
        Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-27 00:39 +0000
          Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-10-27 01:15 +0000
            Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-27 20:49 +0000
              Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-28 12:36 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-28 18:53 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-30 14:51 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed foxidrive <foxidrive@gotcha.woohoo.invalid> - 2011-10-31 02:28 +1100
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-30 17:14 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-01 12:47 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed foxidrive <foxidrive@gotcha.woohoo.invalid> - 2011-11-02 00:08 +1100
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Todd Vargo" <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz> - 2011-11-01 16:29 -0400
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-02 11:43 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-02 11:51 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed foxidrive <foxidrive@gotcha.woohoo.invalid> - 2011-11-02 23:07 +1100
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-30 22:05 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-01 13:16 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-11-01 18:33 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-11-01 22:02 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-02 11:48 +0000
          Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-28 12:27 +0000
  Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed Mirek <pisz_na.mirek@dionizos.zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl> - 2011-10-26 07:28 +0000
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 08:55 +0000
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed who where <noone@home.net> - 2011-10-26 18:22 +0800
        Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-26 23:05 +0000
          Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed who where <noone@home.net> - 2011-10-27 16:35 +0800
            Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-27 20:58 +0000
              Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-28 12:48 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-28 18:59 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-11-01 12:37 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-11-01 22:02 +0000
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-28 12:10 +0000
        Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-28 18:33 +0000
          Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-10-28 21:56 +0000
            Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-29 04:30 +0000
              Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-10-29 05:20 +0000
                Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-29 15:17 +0000
          Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-30 14:31 +0000
            Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-30 17:14 +0000
    Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-27 00:29 +0000
      Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-10-28 12:23 +0000
        Re: ARC and TYT files, help needed thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> - 2011-10-28 18:44 +0000

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