-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 06 Nov 09  16:06:40 <=-

 MK> Right.  It'll never fly beyond DOS.  Perhaps emulated (eg dosemu) but
 MK> I doubt it is worth the effort given other alternatives that
 MK> superceded DOS before DOS even existed.  I don't miss it at all
 MK> although I did miss qedit at first.  I learned to live without it. 
 MK> Having said that I do understand why it all works for you.  However I
 MK> wouldn't bet the farm you'll get away with it forever.  ;-) 

By the time DOS is set to die, I'll probably be too old to care... if
I'm still alive, even...  ;)  We aren't into upgrading for the sake of
upgrading... if it still works, why mess with it...  ;)  I thought we
might have hit a snag when zmodem didn't work for telnet uploads in DOS,
but Richard worked that one out for me.  I'm rather rodent-unfriendly
(not the cute furry ones, but the computer type ) as well, and don't
have much reason to need to use graphics, so text-based mostly works
just fine.  I've got some things on the computer to view jpg, gif, even
pdf files, so I can even look at the pretty pictures on websites if I'm
so inclined after all... What more do I need...?   

 MK> today I managed to compile a {x,y,z}modem dealie thanks to some
 MK> patches from Slackware and will have to try and farm that out to a
 MK> perl telnet script to see if it actually works.  Without knowing for
 MK> sure yet my money would still be on ftp as the clear winner but now I
 MK> will have a basis for comparison ... if it even really works that is. 
 MK> Too many hoops to jump through, especially given the health of BBSing

The death of BBSing has been touted for years, but it's still chugging
along...  and I've noticed some oldtimers returning, and some new names
(maybe oldtimers I didn't know from before, or maybe truly new) showing
up places I hang out...  I'm sure some day the ride will end... but it
doesn't seem to be soon to me...  :)

 MK> in general, nevermind zmodem.  Stinkin' zmodem! 
 MK> Hm.  Why am I doing any of this?  I seem to have forgotten.

Because it's there?  (she asks, innocently... )

ttyl   neb

... Gates of Borg:  "All your money will be assimilated."
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