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78 lines
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ZIP Splitter
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Version 1.0
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by
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Ron Alcorn
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All right(s) reserved
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Copyright (1989)
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PLEASE PARDON THE SORRY DOCUMENTATION
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WHAT IS ZIP SPLITTER?
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This program will allow you to split up ZIP Magazine in to
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numerous files and also create a table of contents listing
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for the files that were created. Each file will contain an
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individual section from the magazine. For example, if ZIP
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Magazine had 24 sections in it, there would be 25 files
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created, named ZIP-SECT.1 through ZIP-SECT.24, and
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ZIP-SECT.LST, which is the table on contents listing.
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WHY DID I WRITE ZIP SPLITTER?
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Well I was motivated by a few BBS sysops. They wanted ZIP
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Magazine formatted for online BBS viewing. Obviously, if we
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did this, then what would the rest of the ZIP Magazine
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readers that printed it out on paper say? Well, you know the
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saying, you are darned if you do, and darned if you don't.
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One sysop mentioned that we could make two versions of ZIP
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Magazine, one for printing, and the other for online viewing.
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Well this made sense, but this would also mean that ZIP
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Magazine would have a much more costly phone bill. How so,
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well instead of having to upload ZIP Magazine once to each
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BBS, we would now have to upload it twice. We don't charge
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anything for ZIP Magazine, so I only "partially" see it as
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our responsibility, not "fully". We get donations and
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subscriptions, but only a few, though we are more than
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gracious to receive them. Not only that, we feel that we are
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lucky that people even like ZIP Magazine. We thank all of
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you, no matter what!
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Shortly after these happenings, I got fed up with Quick
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Basic, which I had been using for quite a while. Actually I
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having nothing against the language itself, but the size of
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the compiled files were just too big, especially when an
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external library was being used! This motivated me to learn
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Turbo Pascal, so what a better way to start learning a new
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language than making a program that would really be of some
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use.
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WHO NEEDS ZIP SPLITTER?
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Mostly sysops that want to support ZIP Magazine.
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HOW TO REGISTER?
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Simple, just call my BBS, write a letter, or call me voice
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and let me know you use ZIP Splitter. The program is free,
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but a donation of $5 bucks or more would be greatly
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appreciated. Surely this program will save you some time.
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ZIP BBS - (606) 878-9500
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"The Home Of ZIP Magazine"
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1200 to 9600 (V.32 Standard)
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7 P.M. to 7 A.M. [EST] - Data hours
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12 NOON to 7 P.M. [EST] - Voice hours
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Ron Alcorn
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c/o ZIP Magazine
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147 Foster Heights Rd.
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London, KY 40741
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