> I can see two problems associated with this suggestion. The first, and more
> critical of the two, is that I expect QCTerm to evolve rather quickly in the
> beginning. A freeware distribution would seem to make more sense only after
> QCTerm is significantly more stable.

Absolutely true.

> The second problem is that, unlike all of the other programs on the freeware
> tape, the destination host for QCTerm is not the HP3000, but a PC. If we put
> QCTerm on a DDS tape, we would have to put it there in some specific format
> (such as WRQ binary protocol), so that after it was transferred to the
> HP3000, it would be downloaded from the HP3000 to the PC in that format and
> unzipped there. QCTerm's time on the HP3000 would be transitory. The HP3000
> would only be a waystation on its trip to a PC.

Nah, I already have some PC-hosted stuff on the tape.  You just download the
files as binary with any termulator, or ftp, or whatever.

What PC files, you ask?   The group PC.FREEWARE contains the Jargon file in
WinHelp format, and Robelle's SMUG book.