Re: LZ: f-term
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>>>>>Well, actually, I was thinking as a portable way to access your internet
>>>>>account... but I'm not sure I'm thinking along the same lines as the
>>>>>rest of the group...
> Suddenly I realized what everyone's so excited about: You could
>download programs to your calc. w/o a computer in between!
EXACTLY!
>>> It dials up your ISP.
>>> Uses FTP (whatevers most efficient. I'm going for the idea, not the
>>> execution. That's what all the bright ppl are here for..:^) to
>>> download
>>> the files to (either the server or the calc. i dunno).
>>> As for pics, it downloads the to the server, has the SERVER run a prog
>>> that
>>> will convert them to a 92/85 pic format, and then retrieves THAT.
>>>
>>> OK. Does that make sense? Is it possible? Have I just made simple
>>> something that all of you have been talking about all along? What?
>
> True enough - we'd have to forget about inline images, though - most
>are larger than the screen. Or at least scale them down. Maybye
>grayscale or something would help, too.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY! IT WOULD MAKE THE PICS SMALLER,
GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO LOAD THEM, AND __DEFINETLY__ MAKE THEM GRAYSCALE!
This letter basically sums up the idea.
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