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Compression Utility

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From: Darren Drysdale
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00
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Hi All,

I have a problem that I hope you may be able to help me with.  I often
have a need to create graphic files that are several MB in size.  I
then need to give these files to various people on various computers.

The size of the files means that they will not fit onto a 1.4MB disk
(even when compressed).  I could use the standard MS Windows, Windows
95 or DOS Backup to transport these files, but not every person I give
the files to will have MS Backup (or the correct version) on their
machine.

What I am after is a Compression program (or backup program) which
will take a file of several MB and place it on several disks.  It
needs to have some sort of standalone executable file which will then
decompress and join the files at the other end.  It needs to be
standalone for ease of use at other end.

The program will preferably be in DOS or Windows 3.1 format (i use
Windows 95, but many of my clients/suppliers don't))

If anyone knows of such a program, could you please e-mail me with the
details ASAP - my wife won't let me spend enough time on the net to
monitor newsgroups. :-(

If possible I would like the program to be on the net so I can
download it immediately.  I need a solution urgently.

Thanks in advance
Darren
darrendr@powerup.com.au


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Darren Drysdale
Brisbane, Australia.
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From: darrendr@powerup.com.au (Darren Drysdale)
Subject: Compression Utility
Date: 1996/11/13
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