Re: When U got a BigThing... BigThing for Windows 3.1 and 95 (Shareware)

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From: Chris Marriott
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <55oo4u$2ds_002@fast.co.za>, JohnnyX <JohnnyX@FAST.CO.ZA>
writes
>You just finished that great slide show... and need to put it onto
>the laptop for that away clients presentation.....
>
>BUT the file is 4 Mbs.... what you going to do?
>
>IT DOESNT FIT ONTO 1.44 STIFFY's
>
>So you ZIP it.. still doesnt make it... you mess around with complex
>back up utilities... or rush out and buy laplink... or if youre 
>not a whiz... you split the slide show into smaller sections... copy 
>them across.. and the reassemble them on the laptop ... which is 
>exactly what I saw someone doing...
>

Forgive me for asking, but what benefit does you program offer over the
standard "disk spanning" option - the "-&" flag - of PKZIP?

Chris

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From: Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: When U got a BigThing... BigThing for Windows 3.1 and 95 (Shareware)
Date: 1996/11/08
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