Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!ut-sally!brian From: brian@ut-sally.UUCP (Brian H. Powell) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Comments on MacDeveloper magazine Message-ID: <2170@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 16:32:04 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2170 Posted: Sun Jun 23 16:32:04 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:19:51 EDT References: <27188@lanl.ARPA> <428@linus.UUCP> <2128@ut-sally.UUCP> <432@linus.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 30 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