(Excerpts from a message dated 10-30-99, Holger Granholm to Murray
Lesser)

Hi Holger--

ML> If you have telnet (I use vmodem), see the telnet address on the
ML> origin line, below. I believe that most files are available for

HG>Nope, and will probably not acquire it either with the decline in BBS
  >activity. I know that I probably could have slowed the decline if I
  >had got a direct connect to an ISP early enough.

    VMODEM is part of the SIO package.  It acts as both telnet client
and telnet server, so you can both download and upload files through it.

ML> free download to all "registered" (no fee) users who come in by
ML> telnet or by direct dial-up. (The US dial-up telephone number is
ML> 703-242-4482, but I assume that you would not be interested in
ML> using it.)

HG>You can bet on that.

ML>     Pete once told me that he doesn't believe in ftp.

HG>Well, it's up to him I guess. I like to FTP rather than using the
  >browser.

    So do I.  As far as I am concerned, using a browser for anything is
a last resort, to be avoided if at all possible.  But (fortunately) I am
not running Pete's BBS.

    Regards,

        --Murray

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 * MR/2 2.25 #120 * User-friendly: (adj.) trivialized, slow, incapable, and
boring

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