Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!aplcen!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz!chad From: chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: binary/source postings Message-ID: <1289@anasaz.UUCP> Date: 11 Feb 90 22:31:16 GMT References: Reply-To: chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) Organization: Anasazi, Inc. Lines: 47 In article w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: +--------------- | Chad, binary/source postings are inappropriate for any discussion | group, but especially for those gatewayed to mailing lists on the | Internet side. +--------------- I guess, in my imprecise way, that was what I was asking...Is this newsgroup an appropriate forum for source and/or binary postings? What makes this a "discussion group"? +--------------- | There is an excellent public domain archive at SIMTEL20 which is | accessable by all readers of this newsgroup. +--------------- I'm sure it is very easy to get some things off SIMTEL20 if you are an Internet participant and can use FTP. I'm not. I have tried to use the gateway server at North Dakota(?) on three or four occasions, following the proceedures posted and never gotten anything back (not even a "F.O." message). I gave it up as unworkable, due to whatever reason (broken mailers, bad paths, terminal stupidity on my part). Anyway, having to pull indexes (if you ever figure out how), examine the one line descriptions to try to guess if you might want the , then pulling to examine it in its fullness just isn't quite the same as reading the news, scanning the posted source as it sails by your face and typing "s" to rn when you see something you like/want/need (like I can do in all the other sources newsgroups). [An aside to Keith--let's make e-mail contact. Maybe you can teach me how to work the gateway.] So, I'll renew my query. Are source and/or binary postings a no no in this group (beginning to sound like it)? If so, I'll start the formal discussion and voting procedure to establish a group exclusively for program postings. This group can serve as the discussion group for the postings in addition to its current charter and Keith will have another place to glom programs for his archive. If the formal vote fails for lack of interest, I'll pipe down. +--------------- | Keith +--------------- -crl -- Chad R. Larson ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or chad@anasaz.UUCP Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020 (602) 870-3330 "I read the news today, oh boy!" -- John Lennon