X386 1.1

Thomas Roell roell at informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Wed Feb 20 19:48:11 AEST 1991


>>>I simple think that over 1MBytes sources might be to big to post it via
>
>>usnet.
>>
>>This may be true but alt.sex.pictures manages to burn up 5 or 6 megs some
>>days posting X rated Gifs.  If a useless newsgroup like that can waste the
>>bandwith I am sure that a post into comp.sources.x by you at release time
>>would be welcomed.  
>>
>Please do not do that. Not everybody on usenet is on a big high speed direct
>link net. Many sites, like mine, are dialup. We get selective feeds, not the
>useless stuff (alt.{most anything}, etc). I get 20 newsgroups. People who post
>to multiple newsgroups are bad enough. Posting a big system would be very 
>expensive. Once it arrives in the US, most anyone who wants it will be able

I think exactly your way. Usent is not thought for posting megabytes of
sources. If you want sources, get the ability to ftp, or consult the next
university. 

- Thomas
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