Eschalon Setup archive
Eschalon Setup archive (.ARV) is a compressed archive format used in installation packages created by the Eschalon Setup line of installation software for Windows 3.x, by Eschalon Development and Robert Salesas.
It is apparently a successor to EDI Install archive.
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Identification
ARV files start with ASCII "ARCV", and apparently have "BLCK" at offset 14.
Compare to EDI Install archive#Identification.
Software
Extraction:
- Computer Thuis in Bedrijf → ctib98_3/ESTPPRO/EXTRACT.EXE - Extractor utility for DOS
Eschalon Setup distributions:
- Eschalon Setup for Windows, v1.0
- Computer Thuis in Bedrijf → ctib98_3/ESTPPRO/ - Eschalon Setup Pro
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/sv/svdiamond/ → *.ARV
- INFODEMO.ZIP → *.ARV
Editors' notes
This article needs more research, to figure out what editions of Eschalon Setup and related software exist, and what formats each of them use. There is also an Eschalon Setup 2 for Windows 95, which has not been evaluated.
Installing an application that uses .ARV format does not give any clue as to what installation software was used. The SETUP.EXE installer program does not even have any embedded strings naming the software, though it does contain "Robert Salesas".
