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From: jt@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Julian Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Universal machine-readable format?
Message-ID: <3025@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com>
Date: 16 Aug 90 11:53:19 GMT
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We all know that there is really no universal format.  One approach might
be to shotgun it, and what choices you end up with depend on what you know
about the computing habits of your colleagues.

Also, a 720k 5.25" diskette is fairly non-standard.  I would be tempted to
go with several disks (these are my personal views):

a.  5.25" DOS formatted 360kb
b.  3.5" DOS formatted 720kb
c.  Mac format

With these, almost anyone should be able to find some way of getting the
stuff into their computing environment.  
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