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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: pbmplus
Message-ID: <53071@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 91 21:47:28 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.170323.15080@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <852@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
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dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes:
> raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes:
> >set@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Steve E Tietze ) writes:
> >>How can I get pbmplus on a 880k floppy disk.?
> >
> > You can't! Last time I checked it was on three floppies! If I'm reading
> >your posting too literally, then I can't help you. I don't know an
> >archive source.
> 
> Yah, the archive is ~900K, according to FILES.Z on xanth...

As I mentioned to the original poster in email, you can fit MOST of the
pbmplus tools (no documentation files) on a single floppy by running them
through powerpacker (set to compression to level 4), and then removing
those tools you are not likely to need (and probably a couple that you
ARE likely to need).  By doing this, I was able to reduce the size
of the tools so they will JUST fit on a single diskette.

Regards,
Chris

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