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 BG> On Feb 06 1994, Paul Edwards wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

 BG> Hi Paul,

 BG>> OK, thanks for that.  I'll grab POINT.* as well, and when I 
 BG>> get it fully functional (with Msged, not GoldEd), I'll send 
 BG>> the updated file back to you.  I want the DOS version to be 
 BG>> functionally similar to the OS/2 version, so I'll be using 
 BG>> Bink, Squish, and Msged as I am now.

 PE>> Well you've got a lot of work to do, because you have to 
 PE>> replace all 3 bits of software.  You may as well come out 
 PE>> with an alternative DOS setup, which wouldn't be a bad thing.
 PE>>   

 BG> No big deal.  I'm sure the config files will be more or less 
 BG> similar.

i've got practically what you want here using a configurer called esc, and
it's nearly going. you are welcome to it  - i'd rather have ppoint, but
perversly i will probably persist with it until it works properly, who
knows, i may even get to like it before then.

 PE>> Going the Bink/Squish/Msged means that you're not using any 
 PE>> shareware, which is a good thing, but it also means you are 
 PE>> using the crappy software instead of the decent stuff.  BFN.

 BG> I'm not doing this for the good of humanity you know, I'm 
 BG> doing it for ME!  I'm the poor bastard who'll be running from 
 BG> DOS over Easter. :-(

thats the bonus on a trip to the big smoke. if you want the stuff that i
have done, i'll bring it with me when i come up in about 3 weeks time.

                              Keith

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