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On 17 Jan 22  19:17:49, Vincent Coen said the following to Terry Roati:

VC> NODELIST and NODEDIFF comes from Z2/0  - now technically it should not make
VC> difference other than the content of the remarks which I know Ward set up m
VC> moons ago.

It does make a difference. Each zone prepares their own iteration of the
Nodelist due to a historic implementation of compiling per-zone to ease data
processing on IBM XT's, PS/2, Tandy 1000, and other class of PC's where it was
crucial to optimize for speed, storage and cost of dialup modem calls.

All four of us ZC's share zone segments. A Sysop may not be able to compile a 
nodelist produced in one zone using the differentials from another. When one 
ZC does not send a segment to others in a timely manner, this affects the
output of that zone-specific nodelist.

Unfortunately when 3D addressing was introduced, there appeared to of been no
efforts into producing these files named according to zone, which is why we 
have this generic "Nodelist/Nodediff" filename/echo name convention.

Both of these problems were resolved with the introduction of the Dailies.

Nick

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