-=> Quoting Rhondda Cook to Lyle Taylor <=-
 RC> @MSGID: 3:640/280.1 7e160807
 RC> On (25 Oct 95) Lyle Taylor wrote to Rhondda Cook...
 LT> TOPIC: Re: Dos Communicating
 RC> Yes, it might be an interesting life challenge to be the last person
 RC> on earth using Dos. Would make me like a dinosaur I suppose. I just
 RC> think that the Qmodem Version 5 that I am using, is so good, that
 RC> upgrading to a newer version would be a total waste of time, and of
 RC> course $$$. Some of my most used programs are several years old. Newer
 RC> isn't always better.
 RC> What is the difference between Qmodem Ver 5 and Qmodem Pro. ??
Rhondda, if I'm allowed to jump in here and add my two cents worth;
first and foremost, I'm a hardcore DOS user. Never could understand the
GUI world. How could looking at a bunch of pictures, pointing N clicking
be easier. Sometime I couldn't tell just what the heck that icon was
suppose to be or represent. Plus, it's slower than DOS and placing files
all over the HD. I'll pass!! Nothing more important to a DOS user, than
their HD and the space available. Ergo, the newer version, Qmodem Pro is
a disk hogg.... takes up way to much space and from what I can remember,
when I saw it in operation; the only neat thing was, you can select in
the phone directory to call certain numbers on one day and different
numbers another day by making a file(more HD space wasted) then tag it
and press "enter". IMHO, this can be done in Qmodem v5.0, you just have
to selectively tag the ones you wish to call each time you enter Qmodem.
(to me, so what) It also had "RIP", but I'm a user that's not impressed
with pictures and fonts. If I wanted that, I'd look at a magazine. If
you are a user, like I am, I simple log on to a BBS, D/L msgs and log
off. Takes about a minute total. Can't see spending the extra $$$$ for
features I consider useless and a waist of HD space. BTW, I only have a
130 Meg HD, so I'm very selective on what programs I keep on the HD.
I hope I was able to answer some of your questions about Qmodem Pro.
Ed
... With BWAVE & Qmodem!, there's enough time for a QWKie
--- GEcho 1.11+
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