Hi Clark,
My question was more on the idea of why Apple's "final release" for
download was in the form of files that had to be assembled on the
desktop, rather than individual disk images which can easily be
saved to floppies. Obviously, since the latter is what I originally got,
they changed their mind somewhere along the line, and I was just
wondering about their rationale. (As if Apple needs one!)
Bob, current dialup user
> I suspect that it was on the assumption that a single multi megabyte
> file would be difficult to download due to the potential for dropouts
> on dialup. This is a common problem and most download software can't
> restart a download in the middle. Some ISPs drop your connection
> after a period of time no matter what.
>
> 7.5.3 was released for free download way back when so most people
> would have been using dialup.
> --
> Clark Martin
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