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Re: Magic Carpet, Descent, and Dark Forces!!!

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From: lba... Leroy Banack
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 16:37
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mfv...@mgohpb.go.man.ac.uk (Bill Corner) writes:

>> Ummmm, just to point out ... That's exactally what the directions
>> tell you to do.  I can't understand everyone's probelms.

>Ahh.  But you see if you get the zip file from a web site (which I
>did) you don't get the *.bat file which unzips it for you.  So
>I just unzipped it.  Without the -d switch.  And, surprise surprise,
>it didn't work.  

>-b-

Well, the web site that was being discussed was:

http://www.primenet.com/~jbailey/

Here is some of the text from the Magic Carpet page:
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Be sure to type pkunzip -d when you expand the file carpet.zip.

File size: 3,148,303 Bytes 

      Site 1

      ftp.ea.com/pub/demos/magic_carpet/ 
      carpet.zip 

      Back to the list. 
      Ordering Information Soon! 
      Step back into the lair. 


You are the pilot of one bad magic carpet. Fighting ......
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Subject: Re: Magic Carpet, Descent, and Dark Forces!!!
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