Paul Milazzo <milazzo@rice.ARPA> (12/20/84)
Dave: I'm glad you found my question "interesting", since I was a bit unsure that I had addressed it to the correct audience. I believe that the exchange of such technical information is of great value to those in need, and of some interest to those who, like me, are blessed (?) with an insatiable appetite for technical detail. Still, the readership of this List, like that of most others, has a broad range of needs, interests, and technical experience. This disparity is actually a blessing, because the novices have an opportunity to learn from the discussions of wizards, and the dedicated CP/M hackers get to hear what the rest of us *really* want. Thus, I would hate to be the cause of a mass exodus of INFO-CPM readers who cannot tolerate even one more letter about faster DMA on someone's SuperZippy XYZ-4999 computer. It seems to be the nature of electronic mail that an individual's tolerance for irrelevant messages is primarily a function of his terminal line speed and his mail or BBoard system's facility in skipping unwanted information. In deference to those readers stuck with /bin/mail at 300 baud, I therefore offered to summarize the responses to my question, possibly in a single message to the List. While this means more work for me, it still provides everyone with the information, eliminates redundant messages, and allows those uninterested to leap over the entire discussion in a single keystroke. Comments? Paul G. Milazzo <milazzo@rice.ARPA> Dept. of Computer Science Rice University, Houston, TX P.S. I take the sentiment recently expressed to mean that if nothing else, I should certainly send in a summary of responses (should any ever appear :-).
John Gilbert CD <jgilbert@Wsmr08.ARPA> (12/20/84)
Paul, I like your suggestion. If you ask a question, you incur an obligation to summarize the responses. John Gilbert