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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 (between 930115 and 930123)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.183602.8987@uwasa.fi>
- Keywords: simtel20,msdos,recent,uploads
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
- References: <9301240343.kp1058@tacom-emh1.army.mil> <1993Jan24.072036.18021@uwasa.fi> <1993Jan25.133441.12355@fwi.uva.nl>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:36:02 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1993Jan25.133441.12355@fwi.uva.nl> koopal@fwi.uva.nl (Andre Koopal) writes:
- >>Garbo does not mirror any site, but I try to make these two
- >> 288697 Jan 23 22:26 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/simibm.zip
- >> 282397 Jan 23 22:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/simlist.zip
- >
- >Isn't it then better to include the simdir program also (for viewing the
- >catalog in a better way).
-
- Yours are good questions. The file lists are sufficient, however,
- since it is easy to download the indexing program from SIMTEL20
- wherever you are located. You only need to download it once, while
- the file indexes are updated on a regular basis. That is a crucial
- difference.
-
- To be honest, one of the reasons (but not the only one) why I want
- to have SIMTEL20 indexes readily available at Garbo is that I need
- to consult them occasionally myself.
-
- >My second question, I know it has been asked before, isn't it possible to
- >store the garbo index in the same way as simibm.zip. Then you can search
- >much easier, and with the same program as for Simtel.
-
- Of course it would be technically possible, but I will not do it for
- two reasons. 1) The work involved. 2) At Garbo I prefer the
- present format. The SIMTEL20 file list format is Simtel's, the
- Garbo format is Garbo's. No, the way to go about this is what
- Michael Sanders is kindly doing for us all right now. That is
- writing and updating a program for Garbo browsing. In general
- terms, I prefer the solution of changing the program to handle a
- database rather than changing the data base.
-
- All the best, Timo
-
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- Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
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