TM> I noticed that you are a Sysop. Are you able to keep your system
TM> running  all the time. Are you able to get the Quicken conference all
TM> the time. I  sometimes wonder if our service is getting the Quicken
TM> conference. A lot  of the days there will not be any messages and then
TM> there might be one  or two.
     "My" board is our club's board (Miami Amateur
Computer Club - MACC, not to be confused with MAC!).
It is running continually, tho less and less active.
First-time users are rather limited in access; after
they use the auto-callback verifier, they have greater
access.  We even allow NetMail access on request.  If
they join the club (18/yr), they automatically have
NetMail and InterNet message access, as well as more
file and message areas.  The hours between 7 and 11 PM
are reserved for members only.  When we started that,
members had been complaining about not being able to
get on.  That's less of a problem.  It also encourages
membership for people who really like those hours.
     Yes, the Quicken echo has been show - many days
with nothing.  After dead air for a couple of weeks,
someone asked if it was still working and that seems to
have primed the pump and there's been a trickle.  (A
bunch of drips!)    *:o)
TM> I have just switched over to Version 5 for Windows and am trying to
     I'm using V8.0 for DOS.  I only use Windoze for my
scanner because I have to.  I see Intuit's Turbo-Tax
will no longer be available for DOS, just Windoze.  I
haven't decided if I will buy it this year or not - my
taxes are pretty straight-forward since I retired, and
don't really justify the expense.  I'll see what else
is available, too.  I'm afraid, tho, that Rich Billy's
taking over the computer world!
     (As an aside, I discovered last year that Office
Depot was selling Turbo-Tax for less than I paid Intuit
for it mail order.  So I have sent Intuit's order blank
back to them marked "No DOS, no buy!" just to make a
point.  If I do decide to get it, I'll do so at Office
Depot!)
  FIDO: Bill White @ 1:135/110 (Miami)
 InterNet: bill.white@110.sunshine.com
 * SLMR 2.1a * Never sell yourself short!
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