-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> 1237c4417097
 CA> tech



 CA> Hello Wayne -

 CA>> That would work for WildCat BBS but others would use other
 CA>> 'control' words. Most can only do 'add' or 'drop'. WC has
 CA>> it's weaknesses but it is a reasonably complete package
 CA>> (should be for the price).

 WC> I always liked it.

 CA> You've never had a 'chat' with it's owner-updater then Sanchez,
 CA> have you?

Wife only but I've seen some remarks regarding him here and there.
My chats with the wife were quite civil.

 CA>> The information needed is within "door.id" in each QWK
 CA>> packet. This OLR will display the info if I type "door"
 CA>> but you can read 'door.id' using LIST.COM or notepad etc.

 WC> Have both, now to get to the tape drive and swap notepad
 WC> out for a more versitile freeware 32 bit version.

 CA> May I suggest EditPad Lite? It's what I use here and my
 CA> daughter swears by it (really).  'Lite' = free version.
 CA> http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html

I'm fine with the one I've got offered up freeeware by some company like
Bremmer or some such. While list is is on diskette the 32 bit
Windows editor still sits on my two remaining Colorado backup
tapes. I can open 8 files at once with either the 16 or 32 bit
version and when you reopen it those files are still
there waiting for you unless you close them before exiting,
lots of extra features as well as supporting all the standard notepad
commands and shortcut keys. Thanks for the offer though.
Since the tape drive is already hooked up
I should copy EVERYTHING off of it onto the Quantum drive
today or tomorrow so as to retain it.

 WC> BTW you were right two of those tapes failed, after
 WC> recovering me but I've yet two more copies to check out.

 CA> Nice of you to confirm that I'm not as crazy as people think I
 CA> am when I warn about using tapes for archival storage but there
 CA> are times when I really do wish I was wrong.

Yeah it's shame though.
I was able to fully recover off of one tape then attempted
formatting and backing up my recent files but it would not
accept formatting. A second tape failed as well.
Both faied tapes were problems formatting in the first place
so these were the weakest tapes. I've 2 more and will retrieve
from them today or tomorrow.

 CA> Failed backups is one of the times I wish I was wrong. ;-)

I believe you tightened me up to the fact someone offered
a VCR type of tape backup but it was unreliable, small wonder
considering how people maintain ther VCR's.
Likely I could have successfully used such an arrangement
given how often I clean my VCR.
As a reult all my video's remain in excellent shape.
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