allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (06/16/87)
With the blessing of at least part of the backbone, I have created the
newsgroup comp.binaries.ibm.pc for MS-DOS and IBM-PC binaries. I will
be moderating it for now, but I'm open to suggestions as to other possible
moderators.
Rules of the game, designed to make things easier on all of us:
(1) Binaries only; sources I will place in comp.sources.misc.
(2) Please use uuencode and one of: ARC 5.12, ARC 5.20, or PKARC 3.5. I'm
not equipped to handle ZOO, SQ/USQ, etc., and not everyone has them or
"btoa". (You don't have to use both; if you don't simply uuencode a COM
or EXE file, you should use ARC or PKARC to insure compatibility with
the rest of the world. PKARC/PKXARC 3.5 and ARC 5.20 are available
from the comp.sources.misc archives.)
(3) I will endeavor to test programs. Be aware that I don't have an EGA,
so fancy graphics programs may not get the testing they deserve.
(4) I'm not sure there's a reason to limit this to MS-DOS. Any interest in
CP/M-86 or Concurrent CP/M?
This newsgroup (a) allows people to find PC programs without having to search
sources newsgroups for them and (b) avoids the flames that come rolling in
whenever anyone posts a uuencoded binary to a source group. With any luck,
we'll all benefit from the arrangement.
Please send submissions to:
<backbone>!cbosgd!cwruecmp!hal!ncoast!comp-binaries-ibm-pc
I will arrange to get the necessary aliases installed on the backbone sites,
so that cooperating news systems (B 2.11) can "post" submissions to me.
++Brandon (wearer of many hats)
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