Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!att!homxb!homxc!doug
From: doug@homxc.ATT.COM (D.SULPY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Simple questions about moderated groups and Bridgeboard
Keywords: No Flames! Ill-tempered developers please ignore!
Message-ID: <6526@homxc.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 May 89 13:15:54 GMT
Organization: AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA
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I'm a relative newcomer, who's attempting to get files from the
moderated Amiga newsgroups. I've followed the examples in the
"intro to comp.sys.amiga" posting, but I still have a couple of
simple questions. I've tried mailing these questions to Bob Page,
but the email bounced. Here goes ---

I'm writing the different parts of the files from comp.binaries.amiga
to my UNIX account, and running them through sh. I'm cutting off the
parts at the top, but I'm not modifying the ends of the files, nor
concatinating them. This seems to work ok, and I end up with a number
of sequentially numbered files with a .zu extention.

The intro posting makes no reference to a .zu extention. Can I assume
this refers to something which must first be run through uudecode on
the Amiga side, and then zoo (also on the Amiga side) to be able to
run properly? If so, I'll order uudecode from the appropriate Fish
disk (or use the Amiga Basic version posted a couple of days ago)
and I'm in business (I already have ZOO somewhere).

Now the REAL stupid question (I hope your tolerence level is high
today)... Are the files on comp.sources.amiga simply the uncompiled
versions of stuff on comp.binaries.amiga? That is, if I pull ARP (for
example) off of .binaries, and have no desire to look at the source
code, do I also have to pull something off of .sources as well to
enable it to work? My ultimate plan is to be able to get the programs
from USENET over to a 3 1/2 disk on my PC here at work, and then
cart them home to my Amiga, and use Dos-To-Dos (which I have on order)
to transfer them.

One last question, for those of you who own Bridgeboards - I already
own a Commodore Colt PC clone. The Bridgeboard comes with only 512K.
Can I pull chips out of the Colt and put them onto the Bridgeboard
to bring it up to 640, or shall I save up another six months and
spring for the AT Bridgeboard?