MV> when is the author of maximus gonna learn :) that its a _good_idea_ to 
MV> be able to send inter-node online msgs to others on the BBS? 
You can do that.
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MV> regardless of whether they're preoccupied XFERING A FILE, or is 
MV> ENTERING A MSG, or is in XTERNAL PROGRAM etc.
How the heck do you want that to work?  If they're transferring a file, and 
Max stuffs "... is paging ..." in the middle of the transfer, won't the 
protocol barf?
If they're in an external program, how can Max (which by that time isn't even 
in memory, except for a small reload stub) send a message to the user?
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