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Number   :  519
Date     :  2001-08-04
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: lite version??
Size(KB) :  2



--- Kan Yabumoto  wrote:
> 
> It is true that most of the XXCOPY16 features will
> not be used
> in a really serious manner. But, just for the sake
> if "simplicity"
> of not trying to remember which version has what, we
> make the
> standard XXCOPY16 version come with the same set of
> command switches.
> 
> As the XXCOPY16 size grew to be over 200 KB, the
> size issue became
> quite real. Considering it was only about 60 KB a
> few years ago,
> we could remove much of the fat and come up with
> XXCOPYLT.EXE as
> being suggested here.
> 
> OK, we will put it in our wish list. I'm not sure
> how soon we can
> come with one but we will see. At least, we can
> reduce some exotic
> feature and redundant help feature immediately to
> reduce 20-40% of
> the size without much work...
> 
> I wonder what would be an acceptable and also
> ultimate goal in the
> program size for this.
> 
> Kan Yabumoto
>
====================================================================
> 
> At 2001-08-03 13:11, F. Schmultzburger wrote:
> >OK, I'm not looking for flames here, but I have a
> complaint. Xxcopy
> >is too big! Let me explain...
> >
> >I have a fairly complete boot floppy that my
> collegues and I to use
> >when dealing with clients computers when windows is
> screwed up. I
> >really like XXCOPY, but it's much bigger than MS's
> XCOPY, and the boot
> >disk has less than 10k to spare. Now, I understand
> that XXCOPY has
> >far more capability, but I would be willing to
> trade a some portion of
> >"extra" functionality for an .exe file that is the
> same size or
> >smaller than MS's XCOPY.
> >
> >How possible would it be to have a 16-bit
> "XXCOPYLT" (xxcopy lite)?
> >If that is just not going to happen, does anybody
> have any
> >alternatives for a XCOPY-like program that uses the
> same basic
> >switches as MS?
> >
> >Thanks.
> 
> 
> Why not burn xxcopy onto a CDROM with most of the
other stuff that you use and only use the floppy disk
to load the CD unit?
> 
> 


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