DE>> The CDs could be BBS ready, if desired.

 JP>> If you need them, I have a suite of REXX scripts that will download
 JP>> the Hobbes 00GLOBAL.TXT file, convert it into the appropriate
 JP>> FILES.BBS files in the appropriate subdirectories, and then convert
 JP>> the FILES.BBS files into attached ".SUBJECT" extended attributes
 JP>> attached to each file and directory in order to yield descriptions
 JP>> for them in 4OS2 and the file objects' properties notebooks in the
 JP>> Workplace Shell.

 HG> Could the above also be used to make PCBoard listings? 

From what ?  From the 00GLOBAL.TXT file ?  The answer is "yes" as long as
PC-Board understands and processes the FILES.BBS format.  (The actual name of
the file(s) that are generated can, of course, be easily changed in the
script.)

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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