Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!yale!cmcl2!acf8!movshon
From: movshon@acf8.UUCP (Tony Movshon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Standard format for ARCed files
Message-ID: <1510012@acf8.UUCP>
Date: 14 Mar 88 03:04:00 GMT
References: <5439@swan.ulowell.edu>
Organization: New York University
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Brian O'Neill proposes that all binaries be posted as self-extracting
archives using that feature of the PK-ware programs. The disadvantage
of this system is that people cannot examine the archives on non-DOS
systems to see if it's worth shipping them across to their PCs. I
usually use a 9.6 kbaud line for this, and even so it can be tedious.
Pity those who have to use 1200 or 2400 baud.

Please leave the archive format for binaries in a state that Unix ARC
can handle. Don't waste any more bandwidth than you have to ...

					Tony Movshon

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