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From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comp.binaries.amiga shar files are ANNOYING !
Message-ID: <1fn=H29lt21010=prfA@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 29 Apr 89 15:48:15 GMT
References: <4715@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
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In article <4715@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk (Richard K. Lloyd) writes:
>I just want to raise a small objection to the format of the postings to
>comp.binaries.amiga. Not everyone uses UNIX to unpack/download binaries
>(I'm sure that VMS is a very popular alternative) and hence not everyone
>has access to shar.
>   My point is that every line of the latest Amiga uuencoded binaries is
>preceded by an 'X' (which is automatically stripped if you run it through
>shar). If you are used to concatenating parts into one big uuencoded file,
>then it's a REAL PAIN to strip the leading X off each line. The old system
>didn't use to do this and I was happy with the minimal effort required to
>concatenate files...please, please remove the X's !!!!!
>
>Richard K. Lloyd,       **** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V4.7 ****
>Computer Science Dept., * JANET     : RKL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA or              *
>Liverpool University,   *             RKL@000010500211.FTP.MAIL            *
>Merseyside, England,    * Internet  : RKL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu *
>Great Britain.          ****************************************************
>
>"What's the world's fastest microcomputer ? A Mac II at 5000 pounds ?
>A 25Mhz Compaq 386 at 5500 pounds ? No, it's an Archimedes at 800 pounds !"

There is a "shar" program that runs on the amiga. If you would
like a copy, let me know.

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