Michele Marie Dalene wrote in a message to Jan Murphy:
MMD> That brings a possible question
MMD> into play. where did you get your opus 1.73a? Its possible
MMD> that you got a more "virgin" copy than I did
Michele:
        If everything had gone as it should, there should be one, and only 
one version of OPUS 1.73a.  From my own experience, I firmly believe that 
there are two slightly different versions of 1.73a in existence.  This could 
occur if someone took it upon himself/herself to attempt to hack the mailer 
to correct a problem.
        For starters, my version of OPUS cannot use the modem setup maxims 
contained in the documentation.  If I follow the maxims, I get a lot of 
non-connects.  If I go 180 degrees opposite the maxims, the non-connect calls 
virtually disappear.
        The more telling fact is that my PCBoard internal 15.22 mailer, which 
is not FidoNet compatible (fails FTS-0001), will pass mail to 2 of the 
barefoot OPUS systems in my local net, but *will not* pass mail with the 
other 10 barefoot OPUS systems in the local net.
        At this point in time, it's hard to determine the source of the 
various copies.  I'm not sure whether Willie Wilson (1:129/89) and Stu Turk 
(1:129/26) have 1.73a up for FREQ'ing, but if they do, I think you'll find 
these versions to be different.
                   Bill
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