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From: dennisf@marque.mu.edu (Dennis Flaherty)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: comp.binaries.cbm: express your thoughts !
Keywords: cbm, C64, C128, binaries
Message-ID: <138@marque.mu.edu>
Date: 20 May 88 04:24:20 GMT
References: <5355@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <5491@emcard.UUCP> <125@pigs.UUCP>
Reply-To: dennisf@marque.UUCP (Dennis Flaherty)
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Organization: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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In article <125@pigs.UUCP> haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) writes:
> In article <5491@emcard.UUCP>, mat@emcard.UUCP (Mat Waites) writes:
> > >Any other takers ??!!
> > 
> > I'm definitely a taker.  I'm all for a comp.binaries AND a comp.source.
> > --
> > Mat 
> 
> NO!  C64 binaries are being sold in stores all around dallas for $'s

Good for Dallas.  As for everywhere else, the only binaries we can get
locally are commercial packages.  It would be nice if I could get 
binaries from the net archives, but NONE serve cbm.  NONE.  

> and the transmission costs for binaries of any size are $,$$$'s.  this
> is getting to be more ridiculous than webber's eniac proposal.

1)  Apply the C64 size argument of the previous article.  The C64 (and
 the C128 for that matter) doesn't have much room to squeeze in a huge
 binary.
2)  As it has been shown, the traffic level for 8-bit cbm computers is
 relatively small.  If the concern is for overall storage and transmission
 costs, why is it that comp.binaries.cbm should be the one to be cut?

> the net is undergoing expontential growth.  let's not contribute to
> that growth any further by adding binary groups for non-unix systems.
> call me an elitist if you wish.  it's getting to be a matter of
> survival.

Is USENET dedicated to the promotion of UNIX alone?  Seeing how much
traffic exists in other newsgroups besides comp.unix.*, I doubt that.

I have a C128, and run both native and CPM mode regularly, thanks to
comp.os.cpm and comp.sys.cbm.  Usenet has helped a lot.
-- 
                                            Dennis Flaherty
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dennisf@marque.mu.edu                       Milwaukee, WI 53233