Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!guest From: guest@vu-vlsi.UUCP (visitors) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: SQUASHED! Message-ID: <969@vu-vlsi.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 20:17:24 EDT Article-I.D.: vu-vlsi.969 Posted: Sat Jul 11 20:17:24 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jul-87 04:18:33 EDT References: <23007@sun.uucp> Reply-To: 164485913@excalibur.UUCP (Mark Schaffer) Organization: Villanova Univ. EE Dept. Lines: 39 In article <23007@sun.uucp> dbercel@sun.UUCP (Danielle Bercel, MIS Systems Programming) writes: >I'm finding that on the majority of systems in the bay area PKARC >with squashing is indeed becoming the standard. In some cases >SYSOPS are announcing this in logon bulletins but in a few cases >they are not. > >My personal preference is to use PKARC and PKXARC for everything >I do because the speed is impressive. However, it does appear >that with, or without, published specs it is starting to become >the standard. At least around my area it appears to be. Is >anyone else experiencing this? I also use the PK* software for handling all of the ARCing precisely since many of the BBS's in my area [around Philadelphia] are doing just this--only using/supporting PK*. Since I don't like to keep many different programs that do the same thing all over my hard disk and using trial and error, I decided to keep only the PK* programs for this purpose. However, if I send/post something that is intended to be used on machines other than a PC (i.e. machines like a VAX with ARC programs that don't support squashing) I don't squash them. What I don't understand is all of the complaining about using PK* in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup. Practically everyone and his/her cousin has either PKARC or knows someone who does if they own a PC. So, if the moderator stated in the administrivia that PKARC is supposed to be used, don't be so stupid as to use SEA's ARC program. MORAL: when all else fails, read the directions. (Now, where did I put my asbestos underware? :-) ) ============================================================================== | Mark Schaffer | BITNET: 164485913@vuvaxcom | | Villanova University | UUCP: ...{ihnp4!psuvax1,burdvax,cbmvax,pyrnj,bpa} | | (Go Wildcats!) | !vu-vlsi!excalibur!164485913 | ============================================================================== please respond/reply to the above addresses and not to guest@vu-vlsi.UUCP