From: Lee Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>"Nick Humphries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > > PCs don't have gzip by default. What's wrong with writing a custom >> > > compression >> > > routine which is portable between the various platforms? >> > >> >PCs don't have sim-coupe by default. Your point? >> >> Well, you could make installation a hell of a lot easier by not asking the user >> to find and install various external programs before you can get SimCoupe >> running. It's bad enough that you have to find, download and install the sound >> chip driver. IMHO everything should be in a single install set, and ideally as a >> single program. > >This is a classic OSS problem. You aren't a paying customer therefore if >you feel strongly about getting it changed your views don't necessarily >count. I know all about the problems involved in trying to please the non-paying punter. However, I was just making a suggestion that I feel would be an improvement to the compression feature as it's at a design stage. >> Who says it has to be better than gzip? It just needs to be better than having >> raw DSK files. > >Let me guess ... you don't pay for your bandwidth right? Actually, I do. At worst, the difference between a gzipped DSK file and a custom-compressed zipfile should only be in the order of 10s of K. That's only an extra few seconds of download time. Nick
