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to: Rod Speed
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1995-01-05 09:01:46
subject: TinyPoint

PE>> Why not just use QWKPOINT.ZIP instead?  It is an archive that
 PE>> Alan created which tells you what software you need to be a point
 PE>> and still use your QWK system, under MSDOS.  It uses Frontdoor as
 PE>> the front-end, which you are already doing, and some other piece
 PE>> of software (mkqwk102) to do the pktqwk conversion.  Far more
 PE>> robust than crap like pqwk hung together by batch files.

 RS> That just does the same thing, change and pray without actually
 RS> checking that its actually working properly. Atleast with PQWK,
 RS> it is used daily by a number of people that I am likely to see
 RS> comment on problems if they find some.

mkqwk102 is probably in use by hundreds of Remote Access BBS's,
not code and pray.  BFN.  Paul.
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