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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:51:36 +0100 (BST)
From: Phillip Temple <ptemple@acorn.com>
Subject: Re: A possible solution for the size problem.
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On Wed 13 Aug, P.F.Johnson@chemistry.salford.ac.uk wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> There is a great multi-platform piece of software on HENSA called Split
> (current version 2.12, HENSA code B131). It could be the answer needed.
>
> Basically the entire Acornet could be sparked up and then using Split,
> cracked into 720k chunks. I have noticed that there was some talk of
> problems with users not being able to use 1.44/1.6Mb floppies, this
> makes life simple as Split will join the files back up, so making
> decompaction faster and simpler (esp. if the package was all in the
> correct directories to start with).
In my experience, Split has always been a pain in the butt. Better
off just having 1Mb archives with sections of Acornet in, and you
just drag all the directories in the archives into the destination
directory IMHO, thus 'filling it in'.
> For those of us who can use 1.44/1.6Mb floppies and have to endure
> using a PC at work, they can rejoin the split files together and using
> the PC splitter (supplied with Split), re-split into 1.4Mb chunks and
> in doing so, save having to carry so many discs!.
Plus there is the hassle of installing Split the PC side.
> Long live Acornet!
\\LLAD//
(Live Long And be Developed)
Phillip.
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Phillip Temple