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sn#246906 filedate 1976-11-13 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
SPINDL.DMP[1,3] (source CRU3.FAI[1,REM]) is the new (1976)
program for combining several small text files into a single
file, with optional data-compression, and with directory to
allow access to individual sub-files. Documentation is
SPINDL.REM[UP,DOC], source document for POX but mostly
readable on terminal without compilation.
An older (1972) program by the same name exists in
case you want to access an old spindle you created back then,
but should not be used for new stuff. That program was able to
spindle binary as well as text files, but didn't have
data-compression facilities. Source is SPINDL.SAI[1,REM].
Also existing is a program for compressing a single
file without making a spindle, CRU2.DMP[1,REM] (source
CRU2.FAI[1,REM]), and a program for archiving files to the CCA
Datacomputer (Ampex terrabit "unicon" memory), NDFTP.DMP[1,3]
(source on [NET,MRC]).