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From: aliza@c3pe.UUCP (Aliza R. Panitz (AlmostLady))
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: I have PC NetHack 2.3 working, will post
Message-ID: <2616@c3pe.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 88 03:47:56 GMT
References: <1580@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: aliza@c3pe.UUCP (Aliza R. Panitz (AlmostLady))
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Keywords: **NOT** too big for floppy(ies)

In article <1580@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> creps@silver (Steve Creps) writes:
>
>   Now for the problem: after 2.2 came out I posted a warning about increasing
>the size of the code, because at that time the packed executable was 350K.
>Now it is 373K! That means it is worthless to anyone who has neither a hard
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>disk nor a 3.5" disk, since floppy disks can only hold 360K. Also, if it gets

Huh???  At work we use 360K floppies to move around 4 Meg data files all
the time...  use the DOS BACKUP and RESTORE commands...  they will split
a file over as many floppies as necessary.

Unless I'm mistaken, you need to be able to install NET-HACK on a hard drive
to run it...  so how you get the file onto your machine shouldn't matter...

-- 
- Aliza (AlmostLady) (decuac.dec.com!c3pe!aliza or backbone!decuac!c3pe!aliza)
"Part of the Art of being a Woman is knowing when not to be too much of a Lady"
<giggle> <blush> <BLUSH>
Oh well...  guess this is one of *those* times...