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echo: maximus
to: RON MITCHELL
from: ROY J. TELLASON
date: 1997-04-13 14:40:00
subject: Text reader for Maximus?

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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