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From: brian@ut-sally.UUCP (Brian H. Powell)
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Subject: Re: Comments on MacDeveloper magazine
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Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 16:32:04 EDT
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     When we last left our flamers, we were discussing the best way to send
things like the MacDeveloper magazine.  There seems to be a slight error
in the way one part of my response was viewed.
 
> >> I suggest that someone post a copy to the net in larger chunks, in the new
> >> Macwrite format, Pack-It'ed together.  This would _greatly_ reduce the time
> >> involved in the transfer/printing process.  
> >     Oh, really?  How?  A Pack-it'ed file is as large as all of it's
> >constituent parts.  Transfer time will be about the same.  Printing time
> >better be the same also.
> 
> Obviously you are correct in saying that the transfer times are about the
> same.  A Packit'ed format offers several other advantages, though.  For one
> thing, there are simply fewer files to worry about in the transfer process.
> ...
> Also, Packit provides some error checking.  This makes it better as a
> ...
     Here's the problem.  I (the one with two ">"'s) didn't mean to put
down packit.  I think it's an okay program.  I was pointing out that transfer
time would be the same.  I use the macsend shell script so I don't have
any problems starting up ut-sally to send me lots of files while I go deal
with mass amounts of beauracracy and paperwork.

> O.k. If you eliminate the hassles with the old version of Macwrite, I don't
> really care if you keep the individual files small for the 128k weenies,
								  ^^^^^^^
Hey bud, I was a pioneer, not a weenie.

Brian H. Powell		brian@ut-sally