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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: How to transfer a file larger than a diskette from IBM
- Message-ID: <69351@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 00:04:50 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Oct22.021050.29090@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- <4172@sicsun.epfl.ch> <1992Nov5.050805.9341@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- <1992Nov5.115950.24305@gbrmpa.gov.au> <1992Nov11.111027.6541@artcom.de>
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- >matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Nov5.050805.9341@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> ajft@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz
- .
- >au writes:
- >>>--
- >>>OK, you have an enormous file, and a number of 720k MS-DOS disks, and an Ami
- g
- >a.
- >>>The maximum available space on a 720k disk is 730112 bytes (713 * 1024)
- >>>
- >>>There are several ways to split data files, it all depends on where (and how
- )
- >>>you wish to do it:
- >>>
- >>>if the large file "huge.lzh" is on a PC already, I'd recommend the utility
- >>>bsplit
- >
- >>I wouldn't recommend it. Just use backup on the PC (part of msdos),
- >>and restore the disks with the PD Program "PC Restore", amiga.physik.unizh.ch
- >>has this utility.
- >
- >Another possibility is to use Splitz&Joinz. These come with the ADPro-package
- >as executables for Amiga, MS-DOS, Windows and Mac. You can split large files/
-
- [some info about how it works deleted]
-
- >But ... you need to buy ADPro.
-
- Not actually. They made Splitz and Joinz freely distributable but retain
- copyright.
-
- >>Matt Crowd - Systems Support - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - AUS
- >>Voice +61 77 818825, Fax +61 77 726093, email matt@gbrmpa.gov.au
-
- >Hope this helps.
- > /\ Nikolai Luckow Design - Animation & Video
- > / \ /\ email: niko@artcom.de
- > / \/ \ or: nikolai@netmbx.netmbx.de
- > / / \
- >/ \ "... he was not quite sure what to do next.
- >\________ \___But he would think of something." (A.C.Clarke)
- >
-
- -Joel
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