Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Patrick Mccullough:
 PM>  If you happen upon his website, it turns out "Max" is not even a
 PM>  BBS, just a sort of graphical frontend for the user, not unlike
 PM>  RIP or something.
GG> Well, after users see the WWW, I think it makes most "Graphical BBS"
GG> setups looking pretty cheesy to them.  RIP was pretty cheesy
 Yeah, ANSI can be hard on those used to glossy HTML and Java doodads.
 But it's a lot faster too.  Everyone complains about how slow the net
 can be.  That's generally _not_ a problem with BBSs, and it's one of
 the strong points we can/should emphasize, IMO. 
GG> compared to "real" graphics, and was doomed by the lack of real
GG> editors that worked like paint programs.  (IMHO, of course)
 I only ever got RIP to work *once* during a test call to my system...
 was hard enough finding someone who had a RIP-capable term program,
 and harder still convincing them to let me watch over their shoulder.
 The fun part was watching the RIP protocol lock up and crash the board
 with me 45 minutes away.  :(
 Crashing seemed to be par for the course with RIP
 PM>  I need to turn on the FDN.
GG> Please do, and offer it to other Max sysops in your area.  It's that
GG> "helping each other" attitude that makes Max great.  :-)
 I think Robby Dittmann carries the feed... so I am hesitant to burden
 our mutual mail feed with having to send the same files to two boards
 -or I'd have hooked up already!  :)
 Patrick
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