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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: comp.binaries.acorn anyone?
Message-ID: <5L40V9w163w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 24 Jan 91 12:38:03 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.164048.14541@cns.umist.ac.uk>
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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marksv%t3d@uk.ac.man.cs writes:
> In article <1126@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie)
> >At the moment I am downloading and storing everything that appears on this 
> >group and, just for consistency, I also stored the Nethack posting.
> 
> Well, noone is *forcing* you to download 1 Megabyte of data!

False. UUCP sites which take comp.sys.acorn have to download ALL postings,
even the binaries. This is why binaries belong in a separate newsgroup.


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