06-30-15 12:29 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Comparison Shopping

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml> 29 Jun 15 23:09, you wrote to me:
Howdy! Mark,

 ml>>> it is the bbs system he is using that is doing the filtering and
 ml>>> conversion of >=128 characters to 7bit...

 HG>> Yes, from the tests Ed and you have conducted that is apparently the
 HG>> case, even though he sees the proper sign when he writes it.

 ml>> FWIW: i haven't performed any tests... the synchronet bbs software is
 ml>> in operation over here and i've seen the filtering specifically...
 ml>> for each message area, there is an option "Export ASCII
Only"... if
 ml>> this is set to yes, then control codes and >=128 are converted to
 ml>> '.'...

 EV> I don't know if Mike would be interested in finding out if that option
 EV> is set. Or if it is, if He would want to change it on His BBS.

 ml> he may be willing if he is presented with valid reasoning...
 ml> the worst part is changing it in each individual message area
 ml> if there are a lot of them to go through... of course, he could
 ml> also adjust it in only a couple of areas, too...

That 'worse part' of editing every echo, I wouldn't wish on anyone.


 EV> I've 'bugged' Him with messages every time I see the old Easter
 EV> Islands IP Address "cco.ath.cx" showing up.

 ml> :)

 EV> I would think to change a option setting the BBS would have to be
 EV> taken OffLine while looking at or editing BBS settings.

 ml> that depends on the software, really...

Thanks for the explanation.


 EV> I'm glad the BBS is available to be used, I don't want to cause Him to
 EV> have to do a lot of work. I just think I'm trying to be of help.

 ml> it isn't all that much work, really... changing a message base
 ml> setting isn't anything like creating ansi screens and menus and
 ml> doing the flow layout...

 EV> Mark, You said that You use Sunchronet BBS Software. When You want to
 EV> look at settings, or edit them does Waldo's Place go OffLine while You
 EV> do that?

 ml> "waldo's place usa" is running remoteaccess... max's "haven's
 ml> terminus" is running synchronet... then there's t's "tesoro's
 ml> devil" and my "mystic dawn" both running on mystic... in all
 ml> four cases, we can edit the configs at any time and make
 ml> changes... some changes take effect immediately others require
 ml> the bbs to reload... reloading takes mere seconds... however,
 ml> some operators do take their bbses down while they work on
 ml> them... it depends on the task at hand, though...

I don't know why, but while reading of the different BBS Software that
You have there I began to think of a C=64 program that iirc was kinda
like a BBS - MSO64 I think was its name.
Can't remember if it was a Ham Radio Packet program or a Dial Up BBS.

I used Bob's Term Pro one time to be sort of a BBS.

I had a copy of The Online Bible for a IBM PC pc, that another Ham had
heard me talking about when I got a 486 I was wanting to buy Bible
software to use with it.

I hadn't got the 486 yet when He gave me the disk set, but I was
really wanting to read the Manual file that was on one of the 5.25"
Floppies in the set of disks, so I'd be able to use the Bible program
easier.

I was working the night shift and used the XT PC there to call my home.
Bob's Term Pro was set up to answer the telephone when it rang.
I Logged On, uploaded the text file from the XT to my C=64 and Logged
Off.

Sure enough, when I got home and checked the file, it had transferred
O.K., which made me a Happy Camper!
This was back in 1993 or early 1994.

... Old MacDonald had a computer with an EIA I/O
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