Re: Apple2 archive at grind.isca.uiowa.edu

[taob@r-node.io.org (Brian Tao)]

In article <285a30$j0u@pith.uoregon.edu>, Neil Parker writes...
> 
> One for each file would be too many (unless it's done like f.ms.uky.edu,
> with a separate "Desc" subdirectory in each directory), and a single
> global index would be much too large to be convenient.

    I would personally like to see indexes (indices?) on a per-folder
basis, but also with a global directory at the /apple2 root level.  That
way I can download a single file and browse through the whole archive
without grabbing each individual file.  I had that exact problem on the
venice.mps.ohio-state.edu anime site.  There wasn't a way to retrieve a
complete descriptive listing.

> I vote for A or B.  If you put up both the BSQ and SHK files, you'll use
> up twice as much disk space.  (I admit this isn't a particularly
> pressing issue with the gigabyte drive on grind,

    My own personal collection is around 100 megabytes of ShrinkIt
files, and I'm sure there is 10 times that available elsewhere.  Both
Binscii and ShrinkIt files could be stored initially, then slowly
deleting the Binscii files as more files are uploaded.

> A well-maintained index file would resolve my indecision in favor of
> short names.

    Another small nitpick:  filenames should not contain any capital
letters.  It looks nicer if you have "DavysOtherDingbats-tt.shk", but
it's a pain having to remember when to hit the Shift key.  ;-)
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