Patcher
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                          Version 1.3, 12/22/96

Written by Lutz van Hasselt (willwink@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de),
           Brien Smith (00bnsmith@bsuvc.bsu.edu) and
           Tim Tschirner (timt@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de)

        Copyright (c) 1996 by Lutz, Brien and Tim, All Rights Reserved
               - Provided on 'as-is' basis, no responsibility -
                - for data loss or any other damage is taken -


Overview
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Patcher allows you to create and apply patches. A patch file stores
the binary differences between two files of the same length. The
main use for Patcher is to make and apply patches to NBA Live 95
and NBA Live 96 Executable Files, but in general you can use it
to create patches between two files of the same length.
You may distribute Patcher freely, but all files inside the
package must remain unchanged. You can also distribute PATCHER.EXE
with your programs, as long as the original files remain unchanged
and credit is given where credit is due.


Usage:  
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To make a Patch, simply type:

   PATCHER OldFile NewFile PatchFile

where - OldFile is the original file, for example NBA96.EXE,
      - NewFile is the changed file, for example 95-96.EXE  and
      - PatchFile is the name of the Patch file you want to
        create, for example 95-96.PAT

Please note that both OldFile and NewFile must be of the exact
same lenght.

To apply a Patch, simply type:

   PATCHER OldFile PatchFile

where - OldFile is the original file, for example NBA96.EXE  and
      - PatchFile is the name of the file that contains the
        patch data.


Version History
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Version 1.1, 04/29/96
           - initial Release Of The Pascal Version

Version 1.2, 05/17/96
           - small Changes In The MakePatch Routines That Result In
             Slightly Smaller Patch Files

Version 1.3, 12/16/96 
           - fixed A Rare Bug That Screwed Up A Byte Or Two Once
             In A While