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From: zrzm0111@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (MUFTI)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: what about a discussion about standart fileformats when posting to comp.sys.binaries in future ?
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Date: 12 Feb 91 14:12:44 GMT
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Hi !

What about a discussion about Fileformats in future comp.sys.acorn ?
On Acorn Archimedes there are many Archiving and uuencode/uudecode-Programms.
I am not sure, that all are compatible (e.g. is Spark 1.0 compatible to
Spark 2.11 ?).
What about using standart archiving and uudecodeing programs ?
Do you know the feeling: I have 10 Dearchiveing und uudecoding programs but 
I need the 11. ? 

Here are what I think, that this archiving and uudecodeing programs sould 
be:

1) Public-domain in De- and en-coding. (so everyone can post in a legal way)

2) Compress the Data effectiv (low costs)

3) produce readable code (then it can be transmitted without errors)

4) compatible to MSDOS- and/or UNIX- standarts (so you can decode the files
   on the Networkcomputer (which are most no Archimedes) and some network-servers
   ,twice standarts are always good)

5) archiving a hole directory-structure. 

so long
J. Scheurich