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From: mdavis@pro-sol.UUCP (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Recent postings of software
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Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 07:19:54 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 27 07:19:54 1987
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Well, I knew this would happen.

I appreciate the thoughts behind the posting of Don Elton's TIC shareware
program, and I'm sure Don does, too.  It's in the spirit of shareware to pass
it along.

However, the three humongous hex dumps for a 49-block object file were just
too large.  I think that if we are going to be using Bredon's Executioner that
we AT LEAST use the compression (6-bit packing) mode to ease up the burden on
smaller mail systems.  It would only seem logical.

This is why I proposed that WE create a separate distribution address for
Apple softtware, and let's leave "info-apple" for "information" and not for
"software".  Nearly 300k of text, split into twelve feeds on my 10mb system
(which was at 90% full) caused a ton of problems.  I don't mean to hoist the
inadequacy of my hard-disk onto this newsfeed, but I'm sure that the hundreds
of others who have been able to acquire a shareware program such as TIC from
local BBS's, The Source, CompuServe, BIX, GEnie, and Delphi probably don't
appreciate finding oversized copies of it in their mailboxes either.

Thanks for listening.

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