On Sat  1-Oct-1994  4:06a, David Wolfe wrote:
DW> SE>  As of 2 weeks ago, I had only 2 C-64/128 callers. And now 1
DW> SE> of them has bought a ibm clone. The other still calls on his
DW> SE> 300 baud modem. 
DW>  
DW> 300 baud!  Yuk!  Time to edit the user list I reckon!  'n I thought  2400
DW> was slow!   ...I spose it is! 

Well, I rekon that 2400 baud is like what 14400 is on a Amiga!!  We ran our
BBS on a C-64 using IMAGE BBS Software. So a 2400 C-64 caller using
Commodore Colour Graphics in 40 col, would be just as quick as a 9600 IBMer
in ANSI mode.  And a Stock C-64 and 1541 can't get get the files any faster
than 2400 anyway.

DW>  
DW> SE>  It is hard to try and keep a large collection of programs
DW> SE> for the C-64/128 online with only 1 C-64/128 caller!!
DW> SE>  What are we Sysops to do?
DW>  
DW> What I forsee happening, is that the 64/128 stuff will mostly end up  in
DW> PD libraries.  As you say, It's hard to justify keeping a  comprehensive
DW> library of stuff online if only 1 user in a few  hundred is even remotely
DW> interested!  I think that C=  8-bit sites  should concentrate on keeping
DW> only key software (NovaTerm,Qwkie, and  the like) online, and perhaps
DW> devote a small area to contemporary  stuff (demos, new prgs, etc.)  I know
DW> half of the c= directories you  see around are absolutely choked with
DW> stuff that hardly anyone EVER  uses!  Why?   
DW>  
DW> Personally I'd like to see C= support continue, even if the range of 
DW> software available online has to decrease!  Anyway, thanks for your 
DW> comments... hope your 300 baud user decides to upgrade (you should  sell
DW> them a cheap 1200!  They'll think lightning has struck!)
DW>  
DW> Catch ya! - David
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 What we were once considering was grabbing all these piles of C-64/128
disks I have here and seeing about placing them on a CD-rom!! 

 Ok, type ya soon...
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