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From: "Carol Carpenter" <carol@barnet.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Spliting AcorNet - a possible solution?
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On 13 Aug 97 at 14:01, P.F.Johnson@chemistry.salford wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> Have you thought of doing it this way?.
>
> There is an application on HENSA called Split (current version 2.12,
> Hensa code B131). Get all the individual bits and place into their
> correct directories. Spark the whole thing up and use Split to split
> the file into however many parts.
>
The trouble with that is that the user also has to have a copy of
split and know how to use it.
Besides you can get 2 acornet archives on one 1.44/1.6 disc anyway
since none of them are greater than 720. The most you'd loose out
would be the wasted space between 1.44 and 1.6. but at least you'd
only need 3 discs in stead of 5.
They are in their correct directories anyway. Each archive contains
a !Acornet. Simply drag the first one out to a new directory, then
drop the others on top and all should fall into place.
I will create a single archive containing the whole lot as soon as it
all seems okay. Then those who want to could use split on the single
archive I guess.
Also - I've not seen many split archives of Acorn stuff. It
certainly isn't the norm. Much like this TABFS mechanism.
Personally I find TABFS archives a real pain. I have a feeling
people would prefer familiarity, things they're used to.
--
Carol Carpenter
Software Support @ Barnet College
(W) carol@barnet.ac.uk http://www.barnet.ac.uk/~techcc/
(H) carol@nocturnal.demon.co.uk http://www.nocturnal.demon.co.uk/