v0.4  --  lots and lots of fixes!  There was a major  bug  in  my 
fseek()  routine  that caused ARK to get sick when  dealing  with 
some  files (SYSLIB3.REL, for one).  I have also provided a  real 
method  for  allowing date-stamping on any and all  systems  that 
provide  either  a clock, or individual file stamps.   Check  the 
ARKDATE.ASM  file provided to see how to do an overlay  for  your 
system.   Quite  a  few routines have  also  been  given  simpler 
methods  of parameter passing (as I drift further away  from  C), 
which  should  result in a speed increase.  Since  I  don't  know 
where  my  digital watch wandered off to, I  can't  quantify  the 
results.
     There is still one major bug that I need to work out:  There 
is _no_ error trapping at present to ensure the disk is not full.  
There is, of course, an easy way around this: don't do ARKs  when 
you don't have the room for them!  (The symptom is ARK gets  very 
slow,  and the resulting ARKive is far larger than  sanity  would 
suggest  --  this  ARK was 480k until I erased a  few  files  and 
started over.)

     As always, I can be reached in the following places:
 
B.E.MOORE     [GEnie]
Brian Moore   [The Machine BBS  -- (503) 747-8758]
     (editorial note: The Machine is _not_ MY BBS, it is run by a 
     friend of mine, Tony Newman, and is one of the nicest boards 
     around.)

or at:
     1550 High St., #2
     Eugene, OR  97401
     (503) 687-8531   (note: new address and phone #!!!)


11/27/88, 4:00pm