-=> Paul Hayton wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD>  DK> Honestly, if you just want to Telnet into BBS's,
 DD>  DK> I think Syncterm wor
 DD>  DK> just fine and it runs great on Windows 8.1

 DD> Thanks for the tip. I have a much beloved workhorse Dell Dimension E310
 DD> which is darned near old enough (I got it on a "deal"
back around the
 DD> turn of the century) to be considered a classic ... it sat in its box

 PH> Hi Dave,

 PH> I'm the sysop for Agency BBS. If you want to try SynchTerm you can grab
 PH> a copy from my website http://bbs.geek.nz/files/syncterm.zip

 PH> The software plays nice on XP and later versions of Windows

 PH> Run the bat file in the .zip called call-agency-bbs.bat batch file to
 PH> get connected :-)

Thanks for the offer - but I already snaffled a copy from Synchronet's web
site. Also saw some gotchas about it having a problem with later version of
some encryption scheme on W7/64 bit ... which is what I have on that box. We'll
see how it does on my 8.1 (which, with "Classic Shell" is, at
least, somewhat
usable). 

That "touch screen" crap, though. It sucks rocks. The Amiga got
me habituated
to the WIMP interface for some things. But, I find that I can do many things
more quickly and easier using the CLI.  Bv)=

Just call me Ned, Jr.

... I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crochety than you are?
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