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- IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Most of the files in this library are "CRUNCHED" rather than
- "SQUEEZED." Crunching is a new algorithm for file compression,
- more efficient than the older squeezing. Analogous to squeezed
- files, crunched files may be spotted at a glance by a 'Z' in the
- second position of the filename extent, i.e. FATCAT.CZM is the
- crunched version of FATCAT.COM.
-
- We have included Steven Greenberg's UNCR.COM within this library
- to aid in uncrunching as uncrunching tools are not yet widely
- available. Please note that uncrunching is NOT supported by such
- tools as NSWEEP or NULU. So the files must FIRST be extracted
- from the library, and only then uncrunched with UNCR.COM. Wild-
- card uncrunching is possible with UNCR; you cannot uncrunch to
- different drives or user areas, however. Syntax is simply
-
- UNCR *.*
-
- Files will go to same DU:. For more information about crunching
- you are referred to Greenberg's CRUNCH11.LBR.
-
- Note to SYSOPS: We have included this file and VERS24.UPD uncrunched
- so they may be read on-line. The other uncrunched files would have
- been expanded by crunching. Crunching the files has resulted in an
- 8K improvement for this library over a squeezed version, AFTER
- including UNCR.COM and the unsqueezed files.
-
- ---------------
- FATCAT must be both INSTALLED and CONFIGURED before using. For
- INSTALLATION instructions see APPENDIX.A. For CONFIGURATION
- instructions see APPENDIX.B. Omission of one or both of these
- has been responsible for most of the problems people have had
- getting going with FATCAT. Remember: When all else fails, read
- the directions.
-
- To print out the documentation in this library, use Mailmerge
- on the file FATCAT.MMG
-
- ---------------
- FATCAT24.LBR
-
- THE GOOD NEWS IS:
-
- ALL CATALOG and INDEX files (.LIX, .RIX, .DNX, .LCX, .RCX, and
- .TCX) from previous versions of FATCAT ARE PERFECTLY COMPATIBLE
- with version 2.4, so there is no need to do anything with your
- actual data files, they will work just fine under either version.
-
- HOWEVER
- BE FOREWARNED:
-
- NONE of the PROGRAM files in previous versions of FATCAT (those
- with file types of .COM, .CHN, .00?) or the CONFIGURATION Files
- (.CFG) are compatible with version 2.4. (Actually the
- configuration or .CFG files used with vers. 2.3 [but not earlier
- versions] will work with vers. 2.4). To avoid needless
- confusion, you should make sure you have backed these files up
- onto an archival disk, and then GET THEM OFF YOUR SYSTEM. They
- will not work with the version 2.3 files, even though some of
- them have the same names and can only cause trouble.
-
- For a complete listing of the new features of FATCAT24 please
- see the file VERS24.UPD in this library.
-
-
- Steve Cohen
- June 3, 1986
-
- ------------------
-
- FATCAT20.LBR, FATCAT21.LBR, FATCAT22.LBR, FATCAT23.LBR
- For a complete listing of the new features of versions 2.0
- through 2.3, please see the file VERS24.UPD in this library.
- The only difference between version 21 and version 22 was in the
- documentation.
-
- Steve Cohen
- January 15, 1986
- -----------------
- in the
- documentation.
-
- Steve Cohen
-