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Hello Wayne - 

WC>> Deleted Panther quite some time ago due to lack of local
WC>> dialup BBS's in this area. 

CA>> For dialups I use {COMMO}. It's the fastest terminal app
CA>> I've found and has a very extensive macro language. 

WC> I ran Commo for a time as well and liked it also. Still
WC> Panther 2.0 was freeware. 

{COMMO} is freeware now too AFAIK. 

WC> Panther had an auto-scripter too though not perfect with a
WC> little editting you could get it to go on stubborn BBS's,
WC> had a timed mail run function as well :-) 

When I only used dialup BBS I used Telemate for that reason. It
could write login macros for you and it could multitask from
within Telemate. You could review download file lists using the
scrollback buffer and mark them for downloading, all while
downloading files in the background and could load an editor on
top of those to write replies to echo messages. Quite unique
for the time (DOS). :-) 

WC>> I'm getting the hang of Windows 98, it's just so simple I
WC>> was having difficulty getting accustomed to it. Now when
WC>> something _breaks_ in software that's a whole other story
WC>> ;-) 

CA>> In some ways it is the simplicity that fools you. The
CA>> opportunity to right-click in many places eluded me for
CA>> quite some time. I wasn't even thinking about any of that.
CA>> :-) 

WC> Yeah that's the thing. I've now got shortcuts to my my
WC> dialer and telecom directory in the taskbar. Telecom has
WC> all my telnet shortcuts to Hyperterminal P.E., Bremer
WC> Industry's freeware notepad replacement with spellcheck and
WC> multiple files open with tabs, Eudora, IE, MSWord,
WC> Frontpage, ect. Took only seconds to configure but weeks to
WC> realize how simply this could be accomplished. 

Another reason why I 'hide' icons on my desktop after moving as
many as possible into the 'start menus'. Difficult to
'organize' them on the desktop screen but easy to do within the
construct of the 'start menu'. I never liked the standard
install of W9x for that reason - too disorganized. Now that I
have mine organized to suit my needs I enjoy using it (W2K). :-) 

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