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echo: aust_avtech
to: Bob Lawrence
from: David Drummond
date: 2004-07-26 06:34:08
subject: Networking

G'day Bob

18 Jul 04 09:46, Bob Lawrence wrote to David Drummond:

 BL>  What forces it at present, is the BBS. I use TELIX that only runs
 BL> under Windows. Like all Linux applications, MINICOM is a half
 BL> finished and a dead loss. The Uniwnaker who wrote RUNSCRIPT is a 
 BL> dill.

I only ever used it as an Interactive terminal program... It worked fine
for that. I've only ever used a FidoNet mailer for doing Fidonet mailing,
on DOS, OS/2 or Linux.

 BL> I either keep a Windows drive and use the modem to pick up BBS mail
 BL> on the Linux box running Windows dual boot (DOSEMU doesn't work
 BL> either), or I add a modem to the Windows box.

 BL>  But, I also like the idea of acomplete version if Windows on the
 BL> Linux box. If the Windows box crashes, I have a backup until I fix 
 BL> it.

And if the harddrive in the Linux box dies?

Regards,
David

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