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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Standard for posting GROB's for the HP-4
Message-ID: <281df89f:2981comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 91 23:40:06 GMT
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There have recently been some very large GROB's posted on c.s.h.  I think
that it is a good idea to not post them in normal form, since getting rid
of and inserting carriage-returns can be a real pain, but how about
posting them in compressed form?  By compressed, I mean compressed by the
use of Erik Bryntse's routines PGROB and UPGROB. We already have two
standards for posting of non-standard programs: ASC and UUENCODE, so how
about one for graphics?

First of all, here are the advantages of using PGROB and UPGROB over ASC
or UUENCODE.  One, the GROB is compressed, resulting in smaller space on
the calculator and most importantly, far less space in the text form. 
Second, both PGROB and UPGROB are extremely small, smaller than ASC.  
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The problems that I can asee is that do we want postings for "what is
UPGROB and how do I get it?"

Well, what do you all think, should we all start using compressed GROB's
or not?  

              ---Falco