Ron Mitchell wrote in a message to Mark Stachiew:
RM> Mark Stachiew wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
MS> Re: Text reader for Maximus?
MS>
> MS> I rooted around the Internet today and found solutions to both
> MS> our problems. I found a Library door called Reading Room which
> MS> will display text files to readers online. It can contain 99
> MS> topics with 99 text files per topic. I haven't examined it
> MS> thoroughly, but it looks good.
RM> Another solution to your problem is a little file called
RM> LIBRARY. It comes in DOS and OS/2 flavors. It saves you a
RM> little space because you archive the text files in ZOO archives
RM> and then it extracts the files that the user wants to view. It
RM> works surprisingly well. It's fast and small. Source is
RM> included.
RM> I can't find the original archive on my system...I originally
RM> found it on CompuServe. But the author is M. Kimes at 1:380/16
RM> so you can check with him about availability.
This is of interest, but that node isn't in my currently compiled copy of
the nodelist.
RM> Sometime this weekend I'll log back on to CIS and see if I can
RM> find the OS/2 and DOS versions.
If you've got a relatively intact copy of the distribution, would you mind
emailing it?
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com
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