Hello Bj”rn,

On Tuesday February 26 2019 02:38, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Blame the Fidonews editor. Articles published in Fidonews are
 MvdV>> still limited to a maximum line length of 70 characters. :)

 BF>    That is not really true, but I understand why you think so.

It is not? So you previous requests to limit the line length of my articles to
70 bytes are revoked? You do not mind if my next contribution to the Snooze has
lines > 70 bytes?
 BF>    The real fact is, that the program that's compiled the Fidonews
 BF> from year three(?) -- MAKENEWS.EXE -- originally had several
 BF> limitations. One of them was the line length limit of 70.

Yes...

 BF>    In 2001 the then Fidonews editor Frank Vest an I had many netmail
 BF> exchanges about the limitations, but then in particular about the
 BF> ASCII only requirement. So I spent several hours in DEBUG, hacking the
 BF> original EXE file, finding and removing that stupid ASCII only
 BF> limitation.

Yes...

 BF> The result you have been able to enjoy for almost two decades now.

Not really.

 BF>    But I didn't go for any of the printer related code -- line and
 BF> page length -- because by then it was still quite popular to print out
 BF> the Snooze on your printer.

 BF>    Ergo, the printer related code are still there.

I am not questioning the wisdom of your choice. But that does not alter the
fact that it was YOUR choice and the 70 character limitation is still in
effect.

So what part of my statement was not really true?

 BF>    I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous
 BF> Fidonews editors in total,

That seems to be a trend in Fidonet. Officials staying in the seat longer than
their predecessors. I have been the FTSC chairman for longer than any of my
predecessors.

We will not mention the ZCs... :-(

 BF> so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...

I fully understand you getting tired of it.

Yes, perhaps it is time to pass the buck. I am not available.


Cheers, Michiel

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