How to send BIG service manuals?

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mike

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From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
mike
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Return address is VALID.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
Honda CB-125S $800 in PDX
Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
 
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:409ACD52.9050300@juno.com...
From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
mike
Click to expand...
FTP is the answer.

The recipient provides a place for the file, either in a directory on his
machine, or in a directory on a web site. The recipient gives the sender the
location of the directory.

The sender uses an FTP program, like WS_FTP LE (free for personal use),
which looks a lot like a browser, but is designed to move files (or groups
of files) from one place to another. The sender opens WS_FTP, accesses the
destination location, selects the file(s) to be moved, and WS_FTP does the
rest, and tells you when the transfer is complete. Don't know why, but
sending is often slow, but you can go off and do other things while this
runs.

Next best is to just burn a CDROM and mail it. The recipient should be
polite and send you a few bucks to cover your cost and trouble. Or maybe
trade you some manuals that he already has.

Ed
 
Ed Price wrote:
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:409ACD52.9050300@juno.com...

From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
mike


FTP is the answer.
Click to expand...
Not unless someone has a site that can give both of us access and has
a lot of space. Is there a "universal" ftp site available??
For every protocol I know about, we still need a space to put it...???
mike

The recipient provides a place for the file, either in a directory on his
machine, or in a directory on a web site. The recipient gives the sender the
location of the directory.

The sender uses an FTP program, like WS_FTP LE (free for personal use),
which looks a lot like a browser, but is designed to move files (or groups
of files) from one place to another. The sender opens WS_FTP, accesses the
destination location, selects the file(s) to be moved, and WS_FTP does the
rest, and tells you when the transfer is complete. Don't know why, but
sending is often slow, but you can go off and do other things while this
runs.

Next best is to just burn a CDROM and mail it. The recipient should be
polite and send you a few bucks to cover your cost and trouble. Or maybe
trade you some manuals that he already has.

Ed
Click to expand...


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Return address is VALID.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
 
mike <spamme0@juno.com> wrote:
Not unless someone has a site that can give both of us access and has
a lot of space. Is there a "universal" ftp site available??
Click to expand...
Your ISP? His ISP?

Briefcase.Yahoo.Com will give you 30MB for free... set up some dummy account
that both of you know the password too...
 
On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:42:10 -0700, mike wrote:

From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
Click to expand...
If the manual is not in word-processing form but some kind of bitmap, have
you tried compressing the manual with DejaVu? That is specifically made for
good compression of (scanned) manuals.

Mat Nieuwenhoven
 
mail me at "webmaster [at] thedragon.hopto [dot] org" I can accomodate this
for you.
I can setup an authenticated FTP area for you to use to transfer the
manuals.

I am not a company just an induvidual who likes fixing thinks, has a
broadband connection live 24/7.

Things I need to know.
1. username you require
2. password you require
3. ammount of space, could give upto 1 gig
4. how long you need the area for.
5. Real contact email address.


"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:409ACD52.9050300@juno.com...
From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
mike
--
Return address is VALID.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
Honda CB-125S $800 in PDX
Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
Click to expand...
 
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:409ACD52.9050300@juno.com...
From time to time, I have the manuals that people want.
The current one is a 27MB file. I'd send it if I could
figger out how...and it wasn't a lot of trouble.
Email won't take a file that big.
No, I'm not willing to bust it up into 1MB chunks and send
it over a period of a month.

I don't have a web site that has that much storage.
Ideas?
mike
--
Return address is VALID.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
Honda CB-125S $800 in PDX
Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
Click to expand...

You could if both partied have a good fast connection use MSN messanger.
>
 
Joel Kolstad wrote:
mike <spamme0@juno.com> wrote:

Not unless someone has a site that can give both of us access and has
a lot of space. Is there a "universal" ftp site available??


Your ISP? His ISP?

Briefcase.Yahoo.Com will give you 30MB for free... set up some dummy account
that both of you know the password too...
Click to expand...
I'll try the briefcase thing.
I have broadband access only a couple of hours a week, so most of the
other proposals won't work for me.
Thanks, mike

--
Return address is VALID.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
 
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