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On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:11:20 -0700, MW Ron wrote
(in message <mwron-95F064.16112001082002@enews.newsguy.com>):

> The PowerPlant Contributed Class Archives are now available at this URL
> 
> http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Support/powerplant/default.htm

Great but they are no longer sorted by date.  This renders them nearly 
useless.  Could you please have someone fix that?  Thanks.

Larry Gerndt
Pixion
mailto:larry@pixion.com
http://www.pixion.com
925-467-5350

In article <0001HW.B96F62FE00027612189873E0@news.sf.sbcglobal.net>,
 Larry Gerndt <larry@pixion.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:11:20 -0700, MW Ron wrote
>(in message <mwron-95F064.16112001082002@enews.newsguy.com>):
>
>> The PowerPlant Contributed Class Archives are now available at this URL
>> 
>> http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Support/powerplant/default.htm
>
>Great but they are no longer sorted by date.  This renders them nearly 
>useless.  Could you please have someone fix that?  Thanks.

I've asked that this be sorted and for it to be sortable.  I am not sure 
if they can do this easily or if it will take a while.

Ron

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In article <mwron-BD6434.10520402082002@enews.newsguy.com>,
 MW Ron <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:

>I've asked that this be sorted and for it to be sortable.  I am not sure 
>if they can do this easily or if it will take a while.

Apparently it was easily done. !!

http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Support/powerplant/default.htm

The archives can now be sorted by Date.

The plans are in the future to have asearch that allows for date ranges 
but for now the ability to sort by date, name, category and author is 
available.

Ron

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In article <mwron-B045B4.11162302082002@enews.newsguy.com>,
 MW Ron <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:

> The archives can now be sorted by Date.
I've tried it three times in the last 20 minutes, and gotten a:
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HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error
� More information:
         Microsoft Support <http://www.microsoft.com/ContentRedirect.asp?prd=iis&sbp=&pver=5.0&ID=500;100&cat=Active+Server+Pages&os=&over=&hrd=&Opt1=ASP+0113&Opt2=%2D2147467259&Opt3=Script+timed+out>
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from your web server each time. 

It is probably a bad idea for you to use a web host that redirects
your clients to your competitor's web site.

In article 
<oster-891D49.09360702082002@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com>,
 David Phillip Oster <oster@ieee.org> wrote:

>In article <mwron-B045B4.11162302082002@enews.newsguy.com>,
> MW Ron <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:
>
>> The archives can now be sorted by Date.
>I've tried it three times in the last 20 minutes, and gotten a:

It works every time for me

>--------------
>HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error
>� More information:
>         Microsoft Support 
>         <http://www.microsoft.com/ContentRedirect.asp?prd=iis&sbp=&pver=5.0&ID
>         =500;100&cat=Active+Server+Pages&os=&over=&hrd=&Opt1=ASP+0113&Opt2=%2D
>         2147467259&Opt3=Script+timed+out>
>--------------
>from your web server each time. 
>
>It is probably a bad idea for you to use a web host that redirects
>your clients to your competitor's web site.

Are you sure this error isn't from your browser it seems like I get that 
a lot.

Ron

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Works for me too.

MW Ron wrote:

>In article 
><oster-891D49.09360702082002@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com>,
> David Phillip Oster <oster@ieee.org> wrote:
>
>>In article <mwron-B045B4.11162302082002@enews.newsguy.com>,
>>MW Ron <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:
>>
>>>The archives can now be sorted by Date.
>>>
>>I've tried it three times in the last 20 minutes, and gotten a:
>>
>
>It works every time for me
>
>>--------------
>>HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error
>>EUR More information:
>>        Microsoft Support 
>>        <http://www.microsoft.com/ContentRedirect.asp?prd=iis&sbp=&pver=5.0&ID
>>        =500;100&cat=Active+Server+Pages&os=&over=&hrd=&Opt1=ASP+0113&Opt2=%2D
>>        2147467259&Opt3=Script+timed+out>
>>--------------
>>
>>from your web server each time. 
>
>>It is probably a bad idea for you to use a web host that redirects
>>your clients to your competitor's web site.
>>
>
>Are you sure this error isn't from your browser it seems like I get that 
>a lot.
>
>Ron
>


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Works for me too.<br>
<br>
MW Ron wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:mwron-5D9E25.20592402082002@enews.newsguy.com">
  <pre wrap="">In article <br><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oster-891D49.09360702082002@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com">&lt;oster-891D49.09360702082002@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com&gt;</a>,<br> David Phillip Oster <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oster@ieee.org">&lt;oster@ieee.org&gt;</a> wrote:<br><br></pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">In article <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mwron-B045B4.11162302082002@enews.newsguy.com">&lt;mwron-B045B4.11162302082002@enews.newsguy.com&gt;</a>,<br>MW Ron <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mwron@metrowerks.com">&lt;mwron@metrowerks.com&gt;</a> wrote:<br><br></pre>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">The archives can now be sorted by Date.<br></pre>
      </blockquote>
      <pre wrap="">I've tried it three times in the last 20 minutes, and gotten a:<br></pre>
      </blockquote>
      <pre wrap=""><!----><br>It works every time for me<br><br></pre>
      <blockquote type="cite">
        <pre wrap="">--------------<br>HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error<br>&#8364; More information:<br>        Microsoft Support <br>        &lt;<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.microsoft.com/ContentRedirect.asp?prd=iis&sbp=&pver=5.0&ID">http://www.microsoft.com/ContentRedirect.asp?prd=iis&amp;sbp=&amp;pver=5.0&amp;ID</a><br>        =500;100&amp;cat=Active+Server+Pages&amp;os=&amp;over=&amp;hrd=&amp;Opt1=ASP+0113&amp;Opt2=%2D<br>        2147467259&amp;Opt3=Script+timed+out&gt;<br>--------------<br></pre>
        </blockquote>
        <pre wrap=""><!---->&gt;from your web server each time. <br></pre>
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          <pre wrap="">It is probably a bad idea for you to use a web host that redirects<br>your clients to your competitor's web site.<br></pre>
          </blockquote>
          <pre wrap=""><!----><br>Are you sure this error isn't from your browser it seems like I get that <br>a lot.<br><br>Ron<br><br></pre>
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Hey Ron, do you have any idea why the archive requests submissions in
.sit.hqx form?  Isn't that kind of archaic?  What's wrong with plain
.sit or even .dmg or .img?  (On my main machine, I don't have any way
to create .hqx files.  I have some version of DropStuff, but it only
produces zero-byte .hqx files.)

In article <030820020154132680%osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid>,
 "James W. Walker" <osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid> wrote:

> Hey Ron, do you have any idea why the archive requests submissions in
> .sit.hqx form?  Isn't that kind of archaic?  What's wrong with plain
> .sit or even .dmg or .img?  (On my main machine, I don't have any way
> to create .hqx files.  I have some version of DropStuff, but it only
> produces zero-byte .hqx files.)

I've seen Dropstuff 5.5 work without problems, and even BinHex 4.0, a
6,911 byte application written in 68K assembly language in 1985,
still works.

(It is the oldest Mac program I still use regularly.)

In article <030820020154132680%osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid>,
 "James W. Walker" <osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid> wrote:

>Hey Ron, do you have any idea why the archive requests submissions in
>.sit.hqx form?  Isn't that kind of archaic?  What's wrong with plain
>.sit or even .dmg or .img?  (On my main machine, I don't have any way
>to create .hqx files.  I have some version of DropStuff, but it only
>produces zero-byte .hqx files.)

They want them in TEXT based probably for portability reasons and no 
resource forks.  I think however it is just a request.

Sorry for not seeing this sooner, I've been on vacation.

Ron

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In article <mwron-B9FE2C.11395112082002@enews.newsguy.com>, MW Ron
<mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:

> >Hey Ron, do you have any idea why the archive requests submissions in
> >.sit.hqx form?
> ....
> 
> They want them in TEXT based probably for portability reasons and no 
> resource forks.  I think however it is just a request.

A .sit file is plain binary, with no resource forks. Simply tell users
to upload a their .sit as plain binary and everyone will be happy.

hqx re-encodes a file in a 7-bit format. It's a hangover from the days
before the net was 8-bit clean -- my advice is to forget it. These
days, it just bloats files for no good reason.

You wouldn't ask anyone to uuencode a .gz or .zip file, would you? It's
the same argument.

Richard.

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In article <150820020519341901%richardb@sailmaker.co.uk>,
 Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <mwron-B9FE2C.11395112082002@enews.newsguy.com>, MW Ron
> <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:
> 
> > >Hey Ron, do you have any idea why the archive requests submissions in
> > >.sit.hqx form?
> > ....
> > 
> > They want them in TEXT based probably for portability reasons and no 
> > resource forks.  I think however it is just a request.
> 
> A .sit file is plain binary, with no resource forks. Simply tell users
> to upload a their .sit as plain binary and everyone will be happy.
> 
> hqx re-encodes a file in a 7-bit format. It's a hangover from the days
> before the net was 8-bit clean -- my advice is to forget it. These
> days, it just bloats files for no good reason.
> 
> You wouldn't ask anyone to uuencode a .gz or .zip file, would you? It's
> the same argument.

Actually, who the hell cares? It's an archive. The only thing that I 
care about is that I can download it with my browser, and an appropriate 
helper launches to extract it. It could be transliterated by a trained 
monkey for all I care.

meeroh