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From: taine@bibs.FIDONET.ORG (Taine Gilliam)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Call for discussion - comp.binaries.ibm.pc.graphics
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Date: 25 Aug 89 09:00:30 GMT
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In an article of <24 Aug 89 18:11:53 GMT>, 2014_5001@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:

 >I would propose something like comp.graphics.pictures, which would serve 
 >as:
 >  (a) A group for posting of programs for conversion between gfx formats,
 >  (b) A group for posting pictures in various format, including,
 >      PS, EPS, GIF, TIF, Tek4010, and others.  It would allow room for
 >      vector based images like maps and fonts.
 >
 >I believe that such a group would be quite useful.

useful yes, but HUGE consider that some of the MIGs(multi-image GIF) I get are 500K or MORE each (640*480*256*6 images). you then have an incredible amount of traffic for a pretty limited group. 

aside from the cost of moving such large amounts of stuff around imagine the storage space an archive type site would need. we are looking at 3 or 4 images per meg.

a mailing list type setup would most likely be a better sarting point.



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