Off loaded storage

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1030

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> 
> Also, we probably have people using Mac or other
> non-IBM computers, so file formats should be limited
> to using transportable types.  Which means I may have
> to forgo .ZIP/.EXE files (poo!).

.zip files are OK for Mac and Linux/Unix.  There are many Mac 
translators of .zip files, including some zip only applications, 
Stuffit Expander (which usually came with the system), and MacLink 
Plus, the most popular file translators/decompressor.  If a Mac user 
has Maclink Plus, he/she can translate practically any word
processing 
document to any other format, including one PC format to another 
format.  There are likewise one or two UNIX/Linux 
translater/decompressors I have seen.

.exe, including self-extracting zips, are not universally OK.  But 
plain .zip files should work just fine, if you want to save space on 
archives.

As for file formats, text or .rtf format can be read by practically 
any machine of any flavor or religious persuasion.

-Brooks