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 Herewith we'd like to explain the purpose of File Area 800: Thumbnails.

 The general idea  here is  to allow  the user  the opportunity  to at least
 'pre-view' the GIF/JPG files available on  the HMVH Corporation BBS  before
 selecting and downloading them.
 The thumbnail archives are titled #XXX-YYY.ZIP, where XXX and YYY are quite
 simply  the disk numbers  in  the SysOp's collection.  These .ZIP files are
 created in groups of 10 (ten) disks  as and when the material is available.
 This does not necessarily signify ten files in the #XXX-YYY.ZIP archive!
 What it does signify is ten disks worth of thumbnails at roughly(!) 800*600 
 resolution  which should give you  a pretty  good idea  of  what you've got 
 available for download.

 To answer a question you're probably asking yourself:  No, it is not at all
 practical to create thumbnails for each File Area as they exist on the BBS.
 New files are added far too frequently,  and the File Areas themselves  are
 quite dynamic.

 For reasons of sheer volume, the CD-ROM areas are not included either.
 
 I also have a mailing list, to which the recipients therein the contents of
 Area 800  are emailed  shortly after they are created.  If you'd like to be
 added to the list - let me know.

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