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                      PEACE MEAL
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Purpose of Program
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This Java application is designed to chop large files into floppy
disk sized chunks.  

These days applications are so large you often do not have enough 
disks available at one time for a full spanning set. Peace Meal 
(PM) provides a simple solution.

This application is Freeware and freely distributable.

Description
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PM is Java utility written in Java and run from the command line 
using a 'Java Interpreter' it is 2K5 long. This is either 

	1) JAVA (preferred) available from Sun Microsystems at 
           http://www.javasoft.com
	2) JVIEW which is from Microsoft and has a large machine
           residency already.

Installation
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A copy of 'pm.class' resides directory of the source file and the
target.  PM splits a source file into floppy size files in a 
process called tensioning. In the source directory The command:-

                JAVA PM <file name.ext> [<X>]

produces a set of independent files named <file name.ext>_PM%%% 
The floppies are copied onto the target system.  In the target
directory the command:-

                JAVA PM <file name.ext>_PM [<X>]

rebuilds the source files in a process called relaxing.
The final file is in the target directory named:-

                _<file name.ext> 

X is an optional size, it defaults to a 1.44 floppy size.

Version Information
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v1.02 - implementation of different sized chunks
v1.01 - first release

Contact the Author
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cmos@whom.co.uk
http://www.whom.co.uk/html/pm.htm
Mar 1998
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