Re: LZ: f-term


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Re: LZ: f-term



>>>>>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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