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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
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- Subject: Re: INDEX file on Aminet
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 05:02:06 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
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- Olatunbosun S (be584@city.ac.uk) said:
- >Isn't it about time to split into smaller parts the INDEX file on Aminet?
- >The problem is not one of transfer time, since the administrators have kindly
- >provided a compressed version, but one of manageability after dowloading the
- >file. I'm sure that a 1.5Meg file is quite a handful for the A4000 user let
- >alone the A600 user. I'm using 'vi' on a Sparc station to scan thru' the
- >INDEX file and it takes a few seconds before the file even appears on the
- >screen.
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- If you don't have a HD and extra memory, what are you doing on the net in the
- first place?
-
- It works fine for me.
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