1 Apr
2005
1 Apr
'05
2:35 p.m.
On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:33:26 -0600
John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote:
At 08:50 PM 3/31/2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
My experience has always been that self-expanding PC executables, if
based on ZIP compression, are easily renamed with a .zip extension and
opened with an unzip utility on any platform. This has even been true
in a few instances where there was a 'click through license' that
otherwise would have had to have [OK] clicked on it to proceed.
I've posted a copy of the UCSD CP/M adaptable
system on my site. It
has a problem with part of it: Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
Would you consider not using self-expanding PC executables to store
archives? You're not even using the licensed WinZip to do it.
Straight Zip files can be opened anywhere.
The Terak disk images are a fine example of why I'd personally
hesitate to upload disk images. Bill Riordan's personal letters
are among the text files perserved on the archives.
- John