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echo: locsysop
to: Paul Edwards
from: Frank Malcolm
date: 1995-12-28 03:02:28
subject: PKTs & QWKs

Hi, Paul.

PE> PE> FM> I have thanks, but I don't intend to change any time real soon.
PE> I've
PE> PE> got
PE> PE> FM> better things to do with my time than spend it playing
the endless
PE> PE> FM> software upgrade game.

PE> PE> It's not endless.  Just ask Anthony.  BFN.  Paul.

PE> FM> What does that mean? What did Anthony do? At first I read/replied

PE> Installed the software I told him to install, and never touched
PE> it since.

So I noticed. Remarkable by his absence, is our Anthony.

PE> FM> online, then I started getting QWKs, then I had to become a point
PE> FM> (omit several versions of PKT2QWK etc upgrades in here), then I
PE> FM> needed to move from SLMR to OLX, now you want me to change to a
PE> FM> brand new mail reader, messages base and, importantly, modus operandi.
PE> FM> Sounds like an endless software upgrade game to me.

PE> It was all kludges.  The proper technology has always been there,
PE> it's just that it was a big secret kept by the elite.  That is
PE> no longer the case, and it's here to enjoy.  Like going Alt-R and
PE> it actually replies, netmail destination address + all.

OK, but how do I know this isn't just another kludge, even deeper
secrets known only to the elite?

What's the difference b/t minpdos & minpdos2, and why is there no
source?

Regards, FIM.

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