Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:17:14 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Interactive shells Re: 32bit BIOS
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
> > > > using TGZ.  No sane person anyway.  Besides when is the last time
> > > Agreed.  .tgz / .tar.gz is not really a very processor-efficient
> > The reason I suggest using a tar file is because _it's not compressed_.
> Ok, that is correct, cluster wastage would be eliminated on the
> help system (which otherwise would waste TONNES of space on the

I see no problem with INCLUDING a detar engine within the help reader at
all, and BTW, when was the last time YOU used something slower than that
speed demon you own?  Ever uncompress a big file with a slow machine?

Coffee...  perk perk perk.