Re: best format for distribution (SHK? DSK? ZIP?)

[spectrumdaddy@nospam.com (Ewen)]

Ivan,

> With that said, is there any downside to posting archives as BXY rather than
> SHK, since ShrinkIt 8-bit and NuLib2 recognize and transparently handle
> them? Are there other tools people use which would make it better to have
> the SHK file without the Binary II wrapper?

I always feel that the small Binary wrapper is of benefit if the file is
being downloaded with an application such as ProTerm or Spectrum, as
they will both then extract from the wrapper, and create the correct
filetype on disk.

The small overhead of the wrapper, might help some people, and allow
applications like Baloon to see the file directly, and not have to open
with ShrinkIt or GSHK.

It is now some time since I was persuaded to switch to BXY rather than
just plain SHK for files on my web site, but I do remember the arguments
were convincing at the time.

Cheers - Ewen