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Hi,

On Feb 3, 2:38=A0am, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h DOT  DOT  DOT  AT nohavenot DOT cmm> wrote:
> "Rugxulo" <rugx DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gmail DOT com> wrote in message
>
> news:5a1646f8-6338-4467-844b-13a66a544223 AT v39g2000pro DOT googlegroups DOT com...
>
> > [on webpage] "all these srcs take 23 MB of space, so I'm lucky it fits =
my
>
> Google Pages allotment!! "
>
> You could link to them stored elsewhere:

Well, I cleared up some space (and could even clear a little more), so
it's a non-issue at the moment. Just kinda shocking that a file meant
for putting on a single floppy needs 20 times that for the sources.
(Of course, that's due to me not removing non-DOS parts of GCC and
BinUtils, which I'm not sure is worth trying since I'm afraid I'd
accidentally remove something important). At least I switched
to .tar.bz2 for most stuff, so that saved some space. And, as
mentioned, I used that instead of other better compression formats
because DJTAR is more useful (in-place decompression, SFN and LFN
friendly, extract to screen, poor man's wildcards, etc).   ;-)

> Rapidshare (free file sharing)
> =A0free PER FILE max file upload: 200Mb (deleted after 90-days without
> download)http://rapidshare.com/agb.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com

So many websites have broken links, it's quite annoying. And trying to
get archived files from the WayBack Machine ends up truncating them
(apparently) at 99%. I don't even honestly know what Google Pages
gives for bandwidth, but since I never get any e-mails about my site,
I'm not worried.    ;-)

BTW, years ago some people mentioned making a small DJGPP distro (e.g.
George Foot with 2.7.2.1) but never finished due to various issues. It
was even suggested that DJ himself mirror it so they wouldn't have to
have all sources. Granted, I'm fairly certain he's not interested
(already mentioned this to him before). I just thought an extra small
GCC C compiler was useful.  ;-)

> 000webhost.com (free web hosting)
> =A0 free 1500Mb disk space, 100 Gb data transferhttp://www.000webhost.com=
/
>
> You'll have to read 000webhost's term's. =A0IIRC, it's free because they =
"data
> mine," i.e., analyze user connections to your website...

I think a lot of companies do things like that. Of course, I'm less
concerned than you are. But anyways, sites like that seem to disappear
pretty abruptly without warning, which is annoying.

> > Anyways, here's the sources for everything
>
> Maybe a post with all links to comp.os.msdos.programmer... ? =A0I think t=
here
> are a few guys there who use DJGPP but don't post here.

I thought about posting there, but I wasn't sure if anybody would
really care. And since this was DJGPP-related, I stuck it here (and
still wonder whether anyone cares, heh).

> If you're still reading the OpenWatcom NGs, you might post there too...
> :-) =A0 It might draw some scorn, but IIRC there are a few there who used=
 to
> post here.

Well, it's a similar issue with OpenWatcom. You can cram a small 16-
bit target C compiler on one floppy too. I've mentioned all that (esp.
to Harry Potter, who wanted a small version to transfer to his old
486). I would've cross-posted there, but this is only DJGPP-related.
Still, the whole idea is the same:  remove unnecessary tools (DMPOBJ,
DOS4GW, WASMR), include only C stuff, use 7-Zip or UHarc, etc.

> I occasionally see questions about DJGPP on other groups. =A0When I recom=
mend
> posting here, no one ever takes my advice...

I don't know whether DOS users are just anarchists, lazy, or just busy
busy busy with their own projects. (I think they're just really strong-
willed, independent, and always working on something.) It's hard to
convince them to do anything! (And I should know.)    ;-)

> Webring's seem to be falling out of usage, but you might also think about
> joining the WebRing's for DJGPP or Allegro.

Nah, I don't think I get much traffic anyways.    ;-)