fer@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (fernando guzman) (02/15/90)
In article <1513@krafla.rhi.hi.is> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes: >The binaries that have appeared on c.b.i.p. have generally been UUencoded. >What I would like to propose now is a general switch to XXencode. > >One a side note - when c.b.i.p starts running again, which of the available >file-compression utilities do the readers of the group want to be used ? >ZOO and ZIP are obvious candidates, but there may be other possibilities. > >Any suggestions ? My vote goes for Zoo and UU. Fernando Guzman
gary@utgard.uucp (Gary Manning) (02/16/90)
In article <3014@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> fer@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (fernando guzman) writes: >In article <1513@krafla.rhi.hi.is> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes: >>The binaries that have appeared on c.b.i.p. have generally been UUencoded. >>What I would like to propose now is a general switch to XXencode. >> >>One a side note when c.b.i.p starts running again, which of the available >>filecompression utilities do the readers of the group want to be used ? >>ZOO and ZIP are obvious candidates, but there may be other possibilities. >> >>Any suggestions ? > >My vote goes for Zoo and UU. Me too. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Gary Manning QMA Inc. |"A mind is a terrible thing!" | | csusac!utgard!pyrgard!gary |All comments are mine...Blah Blah Blah| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glenn@ocsmd.ocs.com (glenn ford) (02/16/90)
Well, my vote would be for ARC, as it is still used widely on alot
of different systems, (68000,80x86,RISC,MIPS). Zoo would be my second
pick. And of course UU, not XX..
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UUCP: ..uunet!ocsmd!{glenn | stsim!glenn}frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (02/17/90)
In article <857@ocsmd.ocs.com> glenn@ocsmd.ocs.com (glenn ford) writes: > And of course UU, not XX.. Don't forget that everybody can use the binaries if they are xxencoded, but uuencoding them will mean that they become useless to some people. -- Fridrik Skulason - University of Iceland, Computing Services. frisk@rhi.hi.is Technical Editor, Virus Bulletin (UK).