jac@yoko.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (10/29/90)
Submitted-by: jac Posting-number: Volume 1, Administrivia: 14 Some of you have expressed concern that comp.sources.apple2 has been rather quiet lately. I'd like to offer a brief explanation as to why this occurred. As many of you know, there is no standard archive program for Apple // source code. The existing tools for the Apple // family all share the same problem -- readable source is converted into a series of unrecognizable digits. This is not suitable for postings to a sources group. As Rich Salz put it, Posting anything other than human-readable sourcecode to a sources newsgroup is a crime. While archivering programs exist for Unix, MS-DOS, Amiga Dos, etc., none of them is truly well suited for the distribution of Apple // source. So I had to write something that would both allow source to be distributed in a usable form as well as work on an Apple //. This took some time to develop. Since the development of the archive format took place over email, none of you realized that something was actually going on. All you saw was a quiet newsgroup. I also needed to work up a set of guidelines for the group. As with the archiving format, this too was done via email. And, of course, nothing was posted indicating that this process was occurring. The subsequent postings contain information on archive naming, archive formats, and guidelines for posting to the group. If everybody is agreed I can start posting source code. I apologize for the delay. However, I feel that it was unavoidable under the circumstances. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To get something posted to comp.sources.apple2, send it to: Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac Please mark comments that are not to be posted with "Not for Posting". Otherwise, I often can't tell. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac