On (12 Dec 94) Bob Lawrence wrote to Frank Malcolm...



 BL>  I think the TinyPoint approach is the way to go: an OL*EDITOR* (not

 BL> reader), and qwk/pkt converters/joiners. You need separate zippers and

 BL> unzippers, so you may as well have separate qwk2pkt and pkt2qwk too.

 BL> Both formats are bizarre, so who cares which one you use for the

 BL> reader/editor? QWK is more popular, so you may as well use it, and

 BL> convert its output to pkt for point use.



if you aren't going to use an off the shelf offline qwk reader, why go

to the bother of converting pkts to qwks? why not run a real point with

the advantages of a messagebase with automatic maintenance?



                        Keith



... Excuse me for butting in, I'm interrupt-driven.



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