On Jun 30, 1997 at 17:11 hrs, Gary Gilmore of 1:2410/400 wrote to John 
arke:
Hello Gary,
JC>> Is there available a DOS or OS/2 file manager with similar features 
JC>> to FEBBS but without the 150 character description limit.
 GG> God, I wish.
Damn!
JC>> part but then hit that *^%#(@ 150 character limit.  Sigh!
 GG> You're preachin' to the choir on that one.
I suspected as much.
JC>> It is unusable like it is so del c:\febbs\*.* is the next move.
 GG> I've thought about that, but sheesh, FEBBS is so feature-laden, and 
 GG> works so well in all other respects, that I just can't ween myself 
 GG> from it.
Inspecta covers most of the functionality I need.  I can work without it and 
have been.  Like you, I would prefer not to do so.
 GG> I regularily contact the author to pester him about an update, and 
 GG> keep telling folks "Write a clone of FEBBS for Max3!", but neither 
 GG> seems to do much.  (If anyone -wants- to write a FEBBS clone, you can 
 GG> count on me as "beta tester #1"!)
You'd get trampled in the rush. :-)
JC>> Is the author working on a new version with unlimited line lengths or
JC>> is another manager available with similar features and no line length
JC>> restrictions?
 GG> He -said- he would, but I've seen nothing.  I usually get a response 
 GG> (after a couple weeks) to my email, but never anything concrete in the 
 GG> way of an upgrade.  
That is what he said last year.  Not enough market?
Regards ... John
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