Hi Mike.

18-Jan-03 09:01:44, Mike Pavlik wrote to All


 MP> Hi All,

 MP> I've noticed some traffic about BlueWave and other readers.  I
 MP> have used only a programmed "capture" sequence and nothing else to
 MP> review everything that I have viewed on the monitor at any given
 MP> session, both BBS or on the Internet

 MP> I use Telix 6.22, and the recorded "Telix Capture" on this dialing
 MP> program seems to do the job, or has been for almost 10 years.
 MP> Everything that has passed across the screen is either in my
 MP> "capture" file which is then moved to my log directory for viewing
 MP> after the session is over and any downloads are moved to my dls
 MP> directory

 MP> Is this method too simplistic and am I missing some advantage in
 MP> not using readers and packets?

compression for one thing, with a reader the download gets zipped (etc)
before you douwnload it so it goes faster.

some readers have databases so you can look back at what was said last week
easily.

 MP> (BlueWave and QWK packets as an example)

 MP> There were other readers and packet approaches also mentioned that
 MP> did not seem to have any problems with the Y2K bug, and I may just be
 MP> too complacent with the lazy method I have been using......

 -=> Bye <=-

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