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

[ksavage@ub.d.umn.edu (kenneth savage)]

In article <1993Sep23.165405.7872@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>,
Steven Nelson <snelson@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu> wrote:

>A honest opinion.  I'm not a ms-dos fanatic for filenames.  the '.xxx' suffix
>is a waste of 4 of the 15 char ProDOS filename.  That is why ProDOS has
>filetype and auxtype fields, but of course that is lost on a unix file system.

I feel that the suffixes ARE warranted. Both the shk and the bsc files allow
you to have the output file defined, so it shouldn't be such a loss to have
four less characters in the _archive_ name. Eleven characters still gives you
an astronomical number of possible names, and being able to tell what format
a file is in even when doing a 'ls' command in the ftp program _before_
downloading is a great convenience.

>Keep the discussion going!  Everyone think about an archive organization
>and present a clear sample or model for the extremely well mannered people
>on csa2 to constructively criticise.  (Flame suits optional :-) )

Just the open-minded, democratic outlook I like to see here! I wish everyone
would check there flame-throwers at the door of csa2 !!

>  --Steven Nelson               steven-nelson@uiowa.edu

	Tim Savage	|	ksavage@ub.d.umn.edu	|     A2 Forever!