-> why would anyone recommend an abandonware package over something? 
-> IREX has its own sets of problems... problems that simply do not 
-> exist with FD...

 IJ> mark may  

who? he is the author of the pascal MSGSRC programming tools... i'm not he
but i do maintain a library of those same tools ;)

 IJ> I assume you run FD under OS2??

yes, i still run FD under OS2 Warp 3 as i always have... why change
something that works? ;)

and let's also remember the history... Ray's virtual modem was the first
and then others tried to copy it for the windows platform... some were
decent... others were really ugly and too much commercial for the average
sysop... then pcmicro came along and really helped but by then many things
had moved on... mike has always done a very good job at what he does... he
was a RemoteAccess beta tester for a long while... i don't recall him being
involved with FD, though...

i reiterate that i have never felt comfortable with windows as a mission
critical platform... knowing what i know and the history of development of
that platform kept me away... kinda like insider trading on the stock
market... i tried to inform others over the years but failed miserably so i
sat back and watched them fail in their endeavors with that OS and their
goals... even today, there are still many failures but so many fall for the
marketing and outright lies... all i can do is sit back, bite my tongue and
look at the reinforcement of the "wizard's first rule"... i've
never been one to say "i told you so" and i won't do that
today... under any circumstances...

)\/(ark