Date   : Fri, 03 Jun 1988 05:48:00 MDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Posting 8 bit sources and binaries

I spend a lot of time transferring new SIMTEL20 CP/M files to my RCP/M
and to GEnie's CP/M RoundTable so that non-Arpanet people can access
them.  My RCP/M is accessable via PC Pursuit and GEnie is only $5/hr
for downloading.

The "threat" of discontinuing the Usenet<-->Arpanet gateway is simply
a reality that on the Arpanet side the CP/M newsgroup is a mailing
list.  This sends out hundreds of copies of each posting and you can
see what large program postings would do to us.  It would not only
overload the mail system but it would result in many readers missing
the regular discussions because their disk quotas would be exceeded
and the Info-Cpm mail rejected.

--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M archives at SIMTEL20.ARPA
and maintainer of the Info-Cpm mailing list.

Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Uucp: {decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz
GEnie: W8SDZ
RCP/M Royal Oak: 313-759-6569 - 300, 1200, 2400 (V.22bis) or 9600 (USR HST)


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