Thanks Morgan! This is just what we need--I'm getting tired of being asked some of these questions over and over again by some of my friends.

Yeah, maybe this will stop the e-mails and posts on the message boards asking how to use a graphlink cable... Thanks!!!

.zips compressed with the "Maximum (Enhanced Deflate)" option in the latest WinZip can't be handled by some older unzip programs. Maybe this point is worth a mention?

I don't actually believe that our system actually works wit those. Every once in a while I get a ile tat will not open. Basically zipview won't work on the fileinfo page. So I end up not even allowing them onto the site and tell them to either not rename the .8xp file (for example) to .zip to get past our weedout scan or use normal compression and not what you mentioned.

I actually decided not to write this into the FAq becasue it could confuse some people. :-/

Perhaps zips should only contain files related to the archive area they are goin to. This would mean less overall server space used as double ups of files wont be found. For Example:
83\math\file.zip
85\math\file.zip
Both "file.zip" contain:
program.83p 1000bytes
program.85p 1400bytes
Meh, it might not seem like a lot but when you multiply a standard *big* basic program (1000bytes) by fifty thousand or so you end up with 50MB. Instead of 4MB.

RTFF (link)

baw, way-to-go ruin my fun... now everyones going to just upload single zips.

While we're talking about problems with zip files here, I think the ticalc unzipper program can't support some non-English letters correctly in filenames. I tried to view a file with a French character in its name in some zip file (I don't remember which one) and I just got an error message.

I had no problem opening the file with unzip, though.

Nice work, Morgan!

I'm impressed about the volume of email you must receive, considering all 100+ of those questions are frequently asked...

If somebody actually asks the question I'm referring to in my URL, maybe they should stick around for a bit longer...seems self evident to me ;)

Any chance you could work on getting that A changed to a T, and the Q to a P?

Why did they even take it down? Well it didn't matter to me anyways since I usually used the web archives anyways. Is there a big advantage to have it?

What did we take down?

I think they're talking about FTP access to the archives.

FTP access should be easy to setup. It'd mean higher bandwidth usage from leechers though.

Obviously you have not read the entire FAQ...read the link or go below:
http://www.ticalc.org/ help/faq/25.html

Well I remember that in the comments of the news article stating that FTP (file transfer protocol) access was going to be taken down, there were several suggestions of more secure FTP servers - why wern't they used instead of taking down FTP all together?

Same reason 'allfiles.zip' were removed. <link>

That's too bad...how were they being abused?

Pull up the really old new items from 4 years ago. I think it said that some former ticalc.org person took the passwords for the FTP from really old ticalc.org members and deleted the index of the archives, causing great chaos for quite a few days. I don't know why he would do that though. I think that is the gist of the story.

But what benefits might a FTP offer over a HTTP? I download HTTP just fine, why even need a FTP?

What does FTP stand for?

Wow, even I know this one. File Transfer Protocal.

Oh, I am used to hearing FTS (File Transfer System).

You didn't know this?