Re: Hardcore Computist Magazine online...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Don Bruder writes ...
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> In this case, I'm thinking that zipping/stuffing isn't about trying to
> compact the files further, it's about the archiving capability - Instead
> of X number of files, each representing a page, it's one file containing
> some number of pages.
> 
> Zip 'em up grouped by issue (or perhaps 10 pages of an issue), then even
> though the archive ends up larger than the equivalent single files, it's
> a "start the download and go have coffee" thing, rather than "Start the
> download, wait for it to finish, start the next download, wait for it to
> finish, start the next download... lather rinse repeat".
> 
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     Yes; that would be a nice option. Okay; I've placed the files for each
issue in a .zip file. Also, thanks to suggestions from Michael Mahon, the files
are more compact. If you choose the option to get all 6 pages at once, download
time via modem at "56k" should be around 15 minutes.



Rubywand