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Darren

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Apr 30, 2018, 11:21:46 AM4/30/18
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Hello,
I'm trying to open an LBR file containing public domain software for an Osborne 1 from the First Osborne Group.

Can anyone point me to Windows software that can view and/or extract contents of .LBR files?

Floppy Software

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Apr 30, 2018, 1:08:01 PM4/30/18
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Charles Richmond

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Apr 30, 2018, 3:27:40 PM4/30/18
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On 4/30/2018 12:08 PM, Floppy Software wrote:
> Cfx:
>
> http://www.z80.eu/cpmcomp.html
>

The problem comes from compressed library members. Most librarians do
*not* automatically decompress the three or four most common compression
schemes.

--
numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

Steven Hirsch

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Apr 30, 2018, 3:44:56 PM4/30/18
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Try the Unarchiver:

https://theunarchiver.com/command-line

You may have to run it 2x, but it can unpack and uncompress almost anything.


Larry Kraemer

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Apr 30, 2018, 10:56:15 PM4/30/18
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Darren
I use RunCPM [url]https://github.com/MockbaTheBorg/RunCPM[/url]
in a Linux Terminal to access the FOG.LBR files.

C>dir *.LBR
FOG001 .LBR | FOG002 .LBR | FOG003 .LBR | FOG004 .LBR
FOG005 .LBR | FOG006 .LBR | FOG007 .LBR | FOG008 .LBR
FOG009 .LBR | FOG010 .LBR | FOG011 .LBR | FOG012 .LBR
FOG013 .LBR | FOG014 .LBR | FOG015 .LBR | FOG016 .LBR
FOG017 .LBR | FOG018 .LBR | FOG019 .LBR | FOG020 .LBR
FOG021 .LBR | FOG022 .LBR | FOG023 .LBR | FOG024 .LBR
FOG025 .LBR | FOG026 .LBR | FOG027 .LBR | FOG028 .LBR
FOG029 .LBR | FOG030 .LBR | FOG032 .LBR | FOG033 .LBR
FOG034 .LBR | FOG035 .LBR | FOG036 .LBR | FOG037 .LBR
FOG038 .LBR | FOG039 .LBR | FOG040 .LBR | FOG041 .LBR
FOG042 .LBR | FOG043 .LBR | FOG044 .LBR | FOG045 .LBR
FOG046 .LBR | FOG047 .LBR | FOG048 .LBR | FOG049 .LBR
FOG050 .LBR | FOG051 .LBR | FOG052 .LBR | FOG053 .LBR
FOG054 .LBR | FOG055 .LBR | FOG056 .LBR | FOG057 .LBR
FOG058 .LBR | FOG060 .LBR | FOG061 .LBR | FOG062 .LBR
FOG063 .LBR | FOG064 .LBR | FOG065 .LBR | FOG066 .LBR
FOG067 .LBR | FOG068 .LBR | FOG069 .LBR | FOG070 .LBR
FOG071 .LBR | FOG072 .LBR | FOG073 .LBR | FOG074 .LBR
FOG075 .LBR | FOG076 .LBR | FOG077 .LBR | FOG078 .LBR
FOG079 .LBR | FOG080 .LBR | FOG081 .LBR | FOG082 .LBR
FOG083 .LBR | FOG084 .LBR | FOG085 .LBR | FOG086 .LBR
FOG087 .LBR | FOG088 .LBR | FOG089 .LBR | FOG090 .LBR
FOG091 .LBR | FOG092 .LBR | FOG093 .LBR | FOG094 .LBR
FOG095 .LBR | FOG096 .LBR | FOG097 .LBR | FOG098 .LBR
FOG099 .LBR | FOG100 .LBR | FOG101 .LBR | FOG102 .LBR
FOG103 .LBR | FOG104 .LBR | FOG105 .LBR | FOG106 .LBR
FOG107 .LBR | FOG108 .LBR | FOG109 .LBR | FOG110 .LBR
FOG111 .LBR | FOG112 .LBR | FOG113 .LBR | FOG114 .LBR
FOG115 .LBR | FOG116 .LBR | FOG117 .LBR | FOG118 .LBR
FOG119 .LBR | FOG120 .LBR | FOG121 .LBR | FOG122 .LBR
FOG123 .LBR | FOG124 .LBR | FOG125 .LBR | FOG126 .LBR
FOG127 .LBR | FOG128 .LBR | FOG129 .LBR | FOG130 .LBR
FOG131 .LBR | FOG132 .LBR | FOG133 .LBR | FOG134 .LBR
FOG135 .LBR | FOG136 .LBR | FOG137 .LBR | FOG138 .LBR
FOG139 .LBR | FOG140 .LBR | FOG141 .LBR | FOG142 .LBR
FOG143 .LBR | FOG144 .LBR | FOG145 .LBR | FOG146 .LBR
FOG147 .LBR | FOG148 .LBR | FOG149 .LBR | FOG150 .LBR
FOG151 .LBR | FOG153 .LBR | FOG154 .LBR | FOG155 .LBR
FOG156 .LBR | FOG157 .LBR | FOG158 .LBR | FOG159 .LBR
FOG160 .LBR | FOG161 .LBR | FOG162 .LBR | FOG163 .LBR
FOG164 .LBR | FOG165 .LBR | FOG166 .LBR | FOG167 .LBR
FOG168 .LBR | FOG169 .LBR | FOG170 .LBR | FOG171 .LBR
FOG172 .LBR | FOG173 .LBR | FOG174 .LBR | FOG175 .LBR
FOG176 .LBR | FOG177 .LBR | FOG178 .LBR | FOG179 .LBR
FOG180 .LBR | FOG181 .LBR | FOG182 .LBR | FOG183 .LBR
FOG184 .LBR | FOG185 .LBR | FOG186 .LBR | FOG187 .LBR
FOG188 .LBR | FOG189 .LBR | FOG190 .LBR | FOG191 .LBR
FOG192 .LBR | FOG193 .LBR | FOG194 .LBR | FOG195 .LBR
FOG196 .LBR | FOG197 .LBR | FOG198 .LBR | FOG199 .LBR
FOG200 .LBR | FOG202 .LBR | FOG203 .LBR | FOG204 .LBR
FOG205 .LBR | FOG206 .LBR | FOG207 .LBR | FOG208 .LBR
FOG209 .LBR | FOG210 .LBR | FOG212 .LBR | FOG213 .LBR
FOG214 .LBR | FOG216 .LBR | FOG217 .LBR | FOG218 .LBR
FOG219 .LBR | FOG220 .LBR | FOG221 .LBR | FOG222 .LBR
FOG223 .LBR | FOG224 .LBR | FOG225 .LBR | FOGLN1-2.LBR
FOGLN11 .LBR | FOGLN12 .LBR | FOGLN13 .LBR | FOGLN14 .LBR
FOGLN15 .LBR | FOGLN16 .LBR | FOGLN17 .LBR | FOGLN3-4.LBR
FOGLN5-6.LBR | FOGLN7-8.LBR | FOGLN910.LBR

You can copy NULU152, NSWEEP, and the other CP/M Utilities there and use them.
If you know what FOGxxx.LBR you want extracted, I can extract them and make\you a ZIP fie.

CXF.EXE also works good under DOSBox.

If RunCPM is at /home/larry/RunCPM/
then I can mount that subdirectory as Drive C:\ in DOSBox with:

$mount c ~/RunCPM/C/0
$C
$CFX - Cp/m File eXpress v1.3, (C)1992,2006 by C. Wilson, parts by P. Dassow
Usage:
CFX [option ...] afn ...
Options:
/b - brief output only
/c n - monitor COMn for carrier
/d - disk output
/i - display file info only
/m "afn" - library member specification
/n - don't uncompress library members
/p - prompt before processing files
/t n - maximum minutes allowed
/w - wait after last file

After I've extracted the files I exit DOSBOX with:

$z:
$mount -u c
$exit



Dir of ~/RunCPM/C/
--CPM225.DOC
--CPM224.DOC
--CPM223.DOC
--CPM222.DOC
--CPM221.DOC
--CPM220.DOC
--CPM219.DOC
--CPM218.DOC
--CPM217.DOC
--CPM216.DOC
--CPM214.DOC
--CPM213.DOC
--CPM212.DOC
--CPM210.DOC


Larry

Peter Dassow

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May 4, 2018, 2:32:35 AM5/4/18
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On 01.05.2018 at 04:56 Larry Kraemer wrote:
> Darren
> I use RunCPM [url]https://github.com/MockbaTheBorg/RunCPM[/url]
> in a Linux Terminal to access the FOG.LBR files.
>
> C>dir *.LBR
> FOG001 .LBR | FOG002 .LBR | FOG003 .LBR | FOG004 .LBR
> FOG005 .LBR | FOG006 .LBR | FOG007 .LBR | FOG008 .LBR
> [...] FOGLN5-6.LBR | FOGLN7-8.LBR | FOGLN910.LBR
>
> $CFX - Cp/m File eXpress v1.3, (C)1992,2006 by C. Wilson, parts by P. Dassow
> Usage:
> [...] > Options: [..]
> /n - don't uncompress library member > [...]

May be you should try it in TWO steps. Use "don't uncompress library
member" first. After you got again many .lbr, you should be able to
uncompress each resulting lbr again.
To get it done faster, use the "for" command in DOS, to process each
existing .lbr.

Katzy

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May 4, 2018, 5:16:18 PM5/4/18
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Darren wrote in message
<457176e9-8903-4506...@googlegroups.com>...
However it is a DOS utility it can extract LBR files, try EXTRACT.EXE, a self
unpacking archive. To be found in the File Download of some mirror of the
CPM86 software repository.

Katzy




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