Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 05:05:59 09/24/98
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On September 23, 1998 at 14:57:38, Danniel Corbit wrote: >If you have a very slow connection, I suggest that you might get the smaller >files in the subdirectories [a-openings, b-openings, etc.] instead of the big >files [a.zip, b.zip, etc.]. The reason is that this is a development machine and >reboots frequently [probably at least once a day]. You might get 2/3 of a 40 meg >file and then get cut off. If you collect the subfiles [which, when put together >*form* the big files] then if the machine gets restarted, you will only lose a >few megs at most. I see a lot of slow connections [2K/sec or less] which are >pulling down the big files. One user did manage to perform a peak transfer rate >of 42,798K/sec on a large file [Probably T1]. At any rate, if you have a slow >machine, you might strongly consider gathering the subsections instead of the >whole thing in one bite. >-- >Hypertext C-FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html >C-FAQ ftp: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu, C-FAQ Book: ISBN 0-201-84519-9 >Try "C Programming: A Modern Approach" ISBN 0-393-96945-2 >Want Software? Algorithms? Pubs? http://www.infoseek.com I've downloaded the a.cdb.gz through e.cdb.gz files. I am wondering about the specific contents: are they exactly what is found in ECO? Or are they crafty's wall book, split up into the separate ECO codes? Or some other games collection? FYI, I could only get about 10 Kb/s, though I was able to have two different ftp sessions going, each at 10 Kb/s. I have a cable modem on this end. Dave Gomboc
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