[NTLK] Question about the torrents.

[hseldon]

I created physical disks that I shipped out a few years back. Along with a few others we hosted the ISO for the same. It was universal.

On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Dan wrote:

> On 6/4/2013 7:39 PM, Tony Morrow wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Also remember that some Newton users are not exclusively Mac users. I keep a copy of the UNNA archive on my Windows PC and transfer apps/data through HTTP when necessary. Opening DMG files isn't as convenient on PC as it is on OS X.
>> 
>> I remember a several year ago we had a similar discussion about the Newton Museum torrent because the content was distributed as a DMG. Somebody created an ISO version for the non-Mac users, but I don't know if that file is still available anywhere.
>> 
>> -Tony Morrow
> 
> I wish to second that.  I am not a Mac user, and the last few posts left
> me scratching my head with regard to DMG format (not having any idea
> what it was) and torrents.  Morgan is correct most clients allow picking
> and choosing of the contents on a Torrent.  In fact I haven't used a
> torrent system that didn't.  Although I am sure there must be one
> floating around somewhere.
> 
> -Dan
> 
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