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From: darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Squashing
Message-ID: <3320029@hpsrlc.HP.COM>
Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 12:08:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  6 12:08:29 1987
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc, jjboritz@watdragon.UUCP writes:

>In article <1248@osiris.UUCP> jdia@osiris.UUCP (Josh Diamond) writes:
>>
>>Folks, when posting sources, PLEASE DON'T LET PKARC SQUASH!!!!
>>
>>Many people use other ARCs which have no squashing ability -- have some
>>consideration for them.
>>Also, unix-ARC has no squashing ability.
>>
>
>If you are downloading files from comp.binaries.ibm.pc then I can't say that
>I feel sorry for you.  The moderator of the newsgroup stated clearly the
>method which he would use for posting.  He even made sure to post the latest
>version of PKARC.  At this point I made sure to download PKARC beacuse I 
>knew that I would need it to de-ARC other postings in the future.  Anyone that
>has the opportunity to download from comp.binaries.ibm.pc, certainly (I hope)
>had the same opportunity that I did to download PKARC.
>
>WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE :-)
>
>PKARC is being used because it is faster and more efficient.
>The reason ARC files are used in the first place is to save space and thus
>transmission time, costs etc. 
>
>By the arguments you would provide, you should state that files should not 
>even be ARC'ed in the first place because many people do not have any ARC
>programs at their disposal. :-) :-)
>I was in this postion myself a while back, and had to wait around till I got
>an ARC program.
>
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     First of all, I'd like to say that I HAVE PKARC.

     Second, is the amount of space saved by squashing really worth the
aggravation to people who have ARC and can't understand why ARC won't
de-ARC a file?  You mentioned that the moderator "stated clearly the
method for which he would use for posting".  Is this statement always
available?  What about people who missed the first (?) posting where this
was stated?  "Tough luck", huh.  From the number of postings here, I'd say
that a fair number of people are having trouble with Squashing.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	hplabs!hpcea!hpsrla!darrylo
	CompuServe: 75206,3074

Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the
opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that
have been following him all day.