Re: What do I use to unpack "89RAMIS/8/1/88<143>#E613"

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Barry Davis <bdavis1943@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Andy,
> I did not find DDD on a disk image, but I did find it as ddd.packer.dos.exe.
> The version is 2.5, at least that is what the Bsave says in the file itself.
> I download it and transferred it to the Apple //e with Cross-works.  In
> looking at the file contents, I am almost positive it is a Executioner file.
> When I "exec ddd.packer.dos.exe" in DOS I just got a series of slashes down
> the screen with a series of beeps at each line.  There is something in the
> file that it doesn't like.  I only have the files I am trying to unpack on 5
> 1/4 inch Apple disks.  Have you any thoughts.  Thanks for your help.  Barry

You need to look at the file to see what format it's in.  One way to do
this is to append ".txt" to the file under Windows and then open it with
notepad.  If it's text you'll be able to see what's in it, and whether or
not it's something you can expect to exec.

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