-=> On 06-19-07  11:55,  Jean Parrot <=-
 -=> spoke to Nancy Backus about George. <=-

 JP> How can tell, from the BW screen, that I have used Richard's
 JP> cure for BW ? I am quite sure that I followed his instructions, my
 JP> RAM is loose. I could still be, I doubt it, on Dale's app. I have
 JP> moved and redone BW from time to time, is there a line that would
 JP> show up in either case to tell ?

  There are a couple of differences.   When you are using my wrap-around
  program, the date times on your replies are mangled *WHILE* you are
  reading them in your reply packet.   They get corrected when that reply
  packet is saved for uploading -- but will get corrupted again if you
  open the *.REP again.  Then they get corrected again, etc.

  I think that there are other things relating to date/time that appear
  normal while reading messages if you are using Richard Backus' patch,
  but appear messed up if you are using my wrap-around.

  Also, when you finally upload your reply messages to the BBS, they
  will have a date/time based on when you last closed that REP packet
  *and* each reply will have a time which is one minute after the
  previous one.   With Backus Normal Form (sorry, the devil made me do
  that -- a ghost from an old computer class), the time stamp is fixed
  when you first reply.

  In this packet you had three messages in this echo.   The time stamp
  between the first and second was two minutes.   Hence I don't think
  you were using my wrap-around program.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



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