Re: several items concerning the archives.

Hi Ian,

I would be happy to be an official copier once the units ready for
release.

I had done something similar not too long ago. we has 'prioritized'
the list so if one had a burner and was willing to burn 10, they got
moved up to the head of the list.

Also, now that it is being talked about, you might expect even more
requests.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Ian W. Wright" <Ian@i...> wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> With that number of requests (and I haven't even got round to
adding my name
> to the list yet!) it would be silly to try to do all the copying
yourself.
> May I suggest that a network of 'authorised recopiers' is set up to
spread
> the work (and cost). If you wish I'd be happy to take care of the
British
> end.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ian
> --
>
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield, UK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <terrylr@b...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:50 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] several items concerning the archives.
>
>
> > hello;
> >
> > several items concerning archives.
> >
> > 0. i have been swamped with requests. i have 360 requests for cds
alone.
> > i have lost count of all the e-mail requests. please be
patient.
> > you will receive a copy.
> >
> > 1. i found several bugs in the html-to-text perl script which i
am fixing.
> > once the bugs have been killed i will start burning cds and
mailing
> them
> > out.
> >
> > 2. i have received numerous requests for some manner of 'viewer'
to browse
> > the archives in some sane manner. so in answer to this request
i am
> writing
> > a perl script to output html pages. each page will contain 30
messages.
> > given that there are over 40000+ message in the archive there
will be
> over
> > a 1000 html files. each message entry on the html page will
look
> similar to
> > the old egroup weg pages. the html pages will not
look 'pretty' but
> they will
> > be functional. they will be strictly text based. this way
someone will
> be able
> > to use a text only web browser to view them. ( lynx for
example. )
> >
> > message # subject author day date
> >
> > this is a good fix for the short term. once people have
received their
> copy
> > of the archive cd i hope there will be feedback to improve on
the html
> web pages.
> >
> > i ask that everyone who requested a copy of the archives please be
> patient.
> >
> > --
> > Terry L. Ridder
> >
> > digging deep, i feel my conscience burn
> > i need to know who and what i am
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> > ----kendall payne---closer to myself---
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