> On (26 Oct 95) Dan Miller wrote to Rhondda Cook...
>  DM> > I am, I am, but that only makes one of us. Every one else is
> making a
>  DM> > big change, either to OS/2 or 95.
> 
>    DM> Oh, NO, they're not! 
>  DM> Cheers ...
> 
>   Now there are two. What version of Qmodem do you run. I have only
> Version 5, which seems to meet my needs. It is a wonderful program.
 
Although I own QmPro for DOS also, my workhorse is still 4.6TD, which 
still honors the registration key I bought from John Friel back in the 
shareware days.  Why?  I publish a monthly BBS list for my local calling 
area here in north-central Connecticut and use the FON file to keep 
track of the status of the 160-170 numbers on the list and when I last 
visited each.  This process depends on a utility I wrote that enables me 
to easily move entries from one page of the file to another and to move 
them back and forth between two FON files.  What it does is unload a FON 
file to an ASCII text format that I can then manipulate with my text 
editor and then, after validity-checking it, convert the text file back 
to FON format.  It can currently unload from or load to either 4.x or 
5.x FON format, including converting from either to the other.  But, 
although I got the necessary doc on the Pro FON file format long ago, 
it's SO different that extending my program to deal with it is a 
sizeable job which I got about half way through 2 1/2 years ago and then 
never had the time to finish.  I thought I'd give version 5 a try when 
I came back on line from 6 modemless weeks last summer and saw 
references to its $20 closeout offer.  But, alas, I'd missed the boat 
and all the available copies had been snatched up during my absence.
(Was it worth it?  YES!  I sacrificed access to my computer for 6 weeks 
for the opportunity to stay at and commute to my job from the 
Connecticut shore and to play with my then-15-month-old granddaughter 
after work and weekends on the beach. :)    )
Cheers ... and happy Qmodeming! - Dan
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