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Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 01:44:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 01:44:24 1984
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Jim,
As long as you have the file of interest already on the mainframe,
presumably FTP'd from here, why not use the CP/M-equivalent utilities
while you have the file there?
TOPS-20 and ITS systems already have DE-LBR, TYPE8, TYPESQ, and USQ.
Unix systems have LAR (an LU equivalent), XSQ, XTYPE, and XUSQ.
Why waste the download time when you can examine the files ahead of
time with these utilities? Why should we "waste" valuable disk space
to keep such files around in unsqueezed format (and waste net
resources letting you FTP such files instead their squeezed
counterparts)?
Almost all new files and packages placed into MICRO: are
announced to INFO-CPM as they appear. The mail archives for INFO-CPM
are available in reasonably-sized chunks in for FTP
and review of such messages. (Hint: survey messages from W8SDZ.) Of
course, there are .DOC (.DQC) and .HLP (.HQP) files for many of the
files. Most others are documented in the front of the source files.
We will eventually have all the files in MICRO: catalogued in a
fashion similar to the catalogue files found in the SIG/M and CPMUG
volumes. Until resources can be made available to do that task,
please bear with us.
--Frank