Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!uokmax!munnari.oz.au!kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz!newbery From: newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: System Software 6.0.5 available Message-ID: <1990Mar20.222920.11170@kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 20 Mar 90 22:29:20 GMT References: <39647@apple.Apple.COM> <2991@goanna.oz.au> <1990Mar20.044715.17957@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <39669@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 10 Might I make a plea to shorten the file names on the Apple file server so they conform to Macintosh file name length limitations? At least the 6.0.5 software! Tsk tsk. And while I'm on my soap box, how about (a) using a restartable ftp (b) providing macbinary as well as hqx files for those of us with binary ftp and slow Internet connections. -- Michael Newbery (...!uunet!vuwcomp!newbery if you must) "There were no survivors, sir. I'm afraid we'll have to find another test market"