Stuff

[rhill@netlink.cts.com (Ron Hill)]

        Rene Baart asked about getting stuff out of the archives in ways 
other then FTP.  Another way would be the FTPmail server I described in the 
monthly post, but that would be slower then FTP probably.  The text version 
of Cloudbusting will be available as a ZIP file also so that should be 
somewhat faster.  Also, there will be a "chain-disk" system set up for 
Cloudbusting and the first GARDEN disk where one person mails it to another, 
etc.  (details will be posted after Cloudbusting is posted).  Another way to 
get some of the files is from the GENIE network, but that of course costs 
money.  Another idea is that the new version of Cloudbusting will be broken 
up into smaller files (200k max), but of course that probably won't slow 
down the total time needed to get it.  ANother idea is that the FTP mail 
server has something called "compress" and "Compact" that shrink the size of 
files, thought I don't know if standard FTP has that or not. 
        All and all, FTP is probably the best way of getting stuff, for 
those lucky enough to have it (not me!).  

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