-={ lundi, mars 30 2015, 15:30:46 -0700 }=-

Hey Kees!

 KvE> Because of the telefone rates in the hightime of BBSing, users
 KvE> switched to offline reading as soon as possible.

I am using an offline reader/writer not because of telephone rates, but instead
because of the poor support of the linux terminal in BBSing, past and present. 
Also I haven't had a data line on the telephone infrasctructure since sometime
in the late 1990's.  I was logging onto an OS/2 Maximus BBS in Seattle as late
as 2002-ish but not on the telephone infrastracture but it no longer exists.

The BBS I sent the ISO-8859-1 characters from is a web based one, although it
does claim to be capable of dialup.  All I can say for sure is the I can input
ISO-8859-1 characters to it's web interface which you have confirmed.

 KvE> Well it may satisfy your pride, the majority of the readers will
 KvE> be annoyed as they get rubbish on their screen.

Oh well.  Thankfully my pride isn't based on their annoyance level but I do
take your criticism to heart and will drop the subject now that the point has
been made ... again.  I am sure it'll reappear sometime in the future, if
indeed there is a future for any of this.

 KvE> It is on the backburner till autumn.

I am in no rush here.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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