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+Here are the PBMPlus utilities originally written by Jef Poskanzer, including
+the libtiff libraries written by Sam Leffler of SGI.  There are two files,
+for those who just want binaries (sorry, no man pages there), then you should
+get pbmplus.bin.tar.Z.  If you want the man  pages and sources get the other
+file pbmplus.src.tar.Z also.  
+
+I've built this on Linux 0.95c+, with gcc-2.1 with success.   To build the
+package, login as root, cd to /, and tar xzvf pbmbin.tar.Z, then tar xzvf 
+pmbsrc.tar.Z.  Once they're done, cd to /usr/local/pbmplus10dec91/libtiff,
+type make (make sure you have lots of swap space available), then cd ..
+and type make install.  This should build and install all the utilities and
+man pages for you.   All you have to do is add /usr/local/pbmplus to your
+path and play with some images.
+
+Sorry, there's no viewer here (that I know of).  Perhaps later I can add one.
+But in the meantime ...  Have fun.  My early tests show that this runs about
+1.25 times  as fast as a MicroVax II, running Ultrix 3.1.  
+
+Oh yea, I believe the binaries are built NOT using shared libs - someone pleaes
+check me on this.  But, the Makefiles all specifiy that NEW images built will
+use shared libraries.  Small inconsistency, but I figured those who would
+build their own would probably want the shared binaries anyway.
+
+Enjoy!  If you have questions I'll try to help, but I only check this mail
+about once a week since it's long distance.  But if you get stuck and aren't
+in a hurry, email me at
+
+		Louie.Williams@bbs.oit.unc.eud
+
+
+Thanks to everybody responsible for Linux!  I can't imagine PBMPlus on DOS!
+
+-Lou Williams
+