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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SQUASHED!
Message-ID: <2779@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 11:10:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.2779
Posted: Sat Jul  4 11:10:35 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 07:43:03 EDT
References: <642@cgh.UUCP> <10710@clyde.ATT.COM> <16207IKS@PSUVM>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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As quoted from <16207IKS@PSUVM> by IKS@PSUVM.BITNET (Indra K. Singhal):
+---------------
| I have seen too many people suggest negative solutions to this ARC-PKARC
| confusion:
| eg: "IF people stopped using PKARC, we would not have this problem", some-
|     one suggested. "Disable SQUASHING", someone else suggested...
|      
| On the contrary, if everyone used PKARC (even renamed it to ARC (sic dont
| do that)) and used it exclusively, WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS too !!!
| Think about it. PKARC is compatible with SEA-ARC, not vice-versa. Use
| PKXARC and you will only get the benifits of speed & it will always work !
+---------------

I have made PKARC the standard for comp.binaries.ibm.pc because it is (a) fast
and (b) it makes smaller files, courtesy squashing.  This is nearly a
necessity for me, as ncoast is at a space premium; we just got thrown willy-
nilly into being the N.E. Ohio "backbone" and we're hurting for space!!!

BTW, on a similar subject:  I can no longer do archiving for *.binaries.*.pc
due to the space problem.  Can those who are archiving it please send me
mail so I can give directions to people who ask for re-mails?  (I will get
out what requests I have before I wipe the current archives.)

++Brandon
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