elg@killer.UUCP (05/26/87)
in article <1947@rutgers.rutgers.edu>, prindle@nadc says: > > From: prindle@NADC > > This posting of *long* assembly programs has to stop. Disks runneth > over, phone bills surely soareth. The proper procedure for posting of long > sources is to post them to net.sources or mod.sources so that they may be > archived only where sufficient disk space exists. Having them sent out to > every Tom/Dick/Harry on the distribution list is grossly inefficient and > violates basic net etiquette. BULLSH*T!!!! FIRST of all, there IS no "net.sources" or "mod.sources" on USENET. There is a "comp.sources.unix" and a "comp.sources", both of which are moderated. SECOND of all, there is NOTHING in the USENET etiquette against posting to a newsgroup. comp.sys.amiga gets a LOT of source postings -- people have posted shell programs, RAM-disk handlers, demos on various topics, a gadget-handler thingy, and other such stuff. THIRD of all, ALL sources on USENET are broadcast to ALL machines on USENET -- no matter WHAT group they are posted to. Thus it uses the same amount of disk space to post to comp.sources, as to post to comp.sys.cbm. And it is just as efficient, too. True, comp.sources and comp.sources.unix are archived. However, I doubt that the archiving people are really very interested in sources for a Commodore 64 -- not exactly your Unix kind of stuff! > Typical comp.sys.cbm monthly traffic is > about 60000 bytes; traffic for May 87 has already surpassed 1/2 Megabyte! Which is typical for the more popular USENET groups, such as comp.sys.amiga, comp.unix.wizards, etc. > Sincerely, > Frank Prindle > Prindle@NADC.arpa AHAH! We discover the problem! He's on ARPA! Well, sorry. Maybe you should lobby the Internet folks for a more efficient way of recieving your news, besides them EMAILing it to you? In any event, it's an ARPA problem, not a USENET problem. Considering the sheer volume of postings on USENET, I really don't see any reason for USENET to gateway to ARPA anyhow. It just raises phonebills by that amount, without any appreciable gain (since most of the ARPA material is distributed as DIGESTS, which are impossible for USENET news readers to efficiently deal with -- I unsubscribed from SEVERAL groups because of that problem). -- Eric Green elg%usl.CSNET CS student, University of SW Louisiana {cbosgd,ihnp4}!killer!elg Apprentice Haquer, Bayou Telecommunications Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 BBS phone #: 318-984-3854 300/1200 baud Lafayette, LA 70509 I disclaim my existence, and yours, too.
denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (06/01/87)
in article <929@killer.UUCP>, elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) says: > ARPA material is distributed as DIGESTS, which are impossible for USENET news > readers to efficiently deal with -- I unsubscribed from SEVERAL groups > because of that problem). I have found digests to be no problem to deal with. I am using vn. Vn is a full-screen news reader that prints a screen full of subject lines that you can select from. It has a feature to turn digests into their own 'news group', so you select just the same as before. Vn came over the net about 2.5 months ago. (As a source code listing.) --- Wiliam C. DenBesten | CSNET denbeste@research1.bgsu.edu Dept of Computer Science | UUCP ...!cbatt!osu-eddie!bgsuvax!denbeste Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH 43403-0214 |
jchikin@polyslo.UUCP (06/11/87)
I was wondering if I could still get Mark Rinfret's source code for his terminal program. Does anyone know where I might still find it? I was also wondering if someone would recommend a good Assembler for the 128. Thanks in advance. Chikin Joe Cal Poly Slo, CSc Dept San Luis Obispo.