The files in this zipped archive are used to compare binary files on an
IBM-compatible computer. The DOS "compare" utility only reports ten
mismatches, then stops comparing. It is used primarily when there is an
assumption that the two files in question are most likely identical. 

I had a use for a program that assumed just the opposite; that the two
files were probably quite a bit dissimilar. I needed to know HOW MUCH
they differed and WHERE. So I wrote this program, which does just that.

You use it from the DOS command line. No windows testing has been done,
nor was this written to work in a non-DOS environment. Just type the
name of the program in at the DOS prompt, in the directory where the
two files are at. It will ask you for one filename, then the other. (I
was going to add the option to do it all on the command line, but never
got around to adding that feature.)

It is "quick-and-dirty". It is also freeware. The author (Ward Shrake) 
included both the executable (object) code and the source code, written 
in Power Basic. If you are tempted to complain about its lack of nifty
features, save your breath and code them up yourself.  ;-)

                                        Enjoy!
                                        Ward Shrake
