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echo: usr_modems
to: Shoshona Bieman
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-07-14 09:01:48
subject: Re: Mac & USR

Shoshona, at 02:29 on Jul 10 1996, you wrote to Joe Frankiewicz ...

JF>> Of course, you'll need to install this update using the old 
JF>> method, but after that you can just use your favorite comm 
JF>> program.

SB> If I'm understanding you correctly, that still renders the 
SB> update 100% worthless for Mac (and Amiga, et al) users? You 
SB> are still being hamstrung by USR's bass-ackwards approach of 
SB> making the update platform-dependent -- it doesn't matter how 
SB> spiffy this X-modem thingy is if you still have to load a 
SB> something-or-another that requires DOS to load it.

Are comms packages with XModem transfer capabilities unavailable on the Mac
and Amiga platforms?

David
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