Re: Re: php software
  By: Nick Andre to Rob Swindell on Fri Nov 18 2005 02:49 am

 > >> I don't think its necessary to bash the users of 16 bit software or
 > 
 > > I'm not bashing the users of the software. I'm simply correcting a false
 > > claim
 > > made here: TG doesn't "do telnet".
 > 
 > Well obviously; the only DOS-based BBS program I ever heard of that
could "d
 > telnet" was TBBS; and even that one required an expensive add-on
program. TB
 > wasn't half that bad actually, I wrote some database stuff for it once.

There is an OS/2 build of TG, but even it doesn't "do telnet"
without the help
of 3rd party software.

 > > I'm simply hoping to encourage someone, anyone, to update said software
 > > to the
 > > "Internet age".
 > 
 > I'm one of them. ;) I'm currently bringing the old D'Bridge mailer up to snu
 > with BinkP connectivity. I have maybe two or three other people that are
 > actively using that software anymore. I just like using it and I guess I fal
 > under the dreaded catagory of "if it works, why change it".

But you are changing it, and for that you deserve kudos.

 > I'll say this much
 > about D'Bridge; its quite the complex lil' mailer; code-wise...

I've written a FidoNet tosser/scanner. I'm not surprised at all. :-)

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