On (05 Nov 95) Ed Kish wrote to Rhondda Cook...
 RC> What is the difference between Qmodem Ver 5 and Qmodem Pro. ??
 EK> Rhondda, if I'm allowed to jump in here and add my two cents worth;
 EK> first and foremost, I'm a hardcore DOS user.
  Me too, if I ever do go for another O/S, I would be inclined to try
out OS/2, but for now DOS serves the purpose.
  EK> Plus, it's slower than DOS and placing files
 EK> all over the HD. I'll pass!! Nothing more important to a DOS user, than
 EK> their HD and the space available. Ergo, the newer version, Qmodem Pro is
 EK> a disk hogg.... takes up way to much space and from what I can remember,
 EK> when I saw it in operation; the only neat thing was, you can select in
 EK> the phone directory to call certain numbers on one day and different
 EK> numbers another day by making a file(more HD space wasted) then tag it
 EK> and press "enter".
  This feature wouldn't have much benefit to me, as I only call about
three different numbers all up. I call other boards sometimes to try
them out, but then delete the numbers if they aren't great.
 EK> (to me, so what) It also had "RIP", but I'm a user that's not impressed
 EK> with pictures and fonts. If I wanted that, I'd look at a magazine. If
  My modem is slow, so I don't think using RIP graphics would be an
option for me. I don't think I want to find the mouse on the desk to
push a button, when I could just press a key on the keyboard, in half
the time. I haven't ever seen the RIP graphics, so I can't really
comment, but I'm not a big fan of the mouse, it always seem quicker to
type than it is to click.
  EK> you are a user, like I am, I simple log on to a BBS, D/L msgs and log
EK> off. Takes about a minute total. Can't see spending the extra $$$$ for
EK> features I consider useless and a waist of HD space.
  Yes, I don't use QModem for mail. I much prefer Ppoint, I log on have
a look for new files, play a game of BRE, and logg off. I think we are
right in keeping with what we like.
  BTW, I only have a
 EK> 130 Meg HD, so I'm very selective on what programs I keep on the HD.
 EK> I hope I was able to answer some of your questions about Qmodem Pro.
  Yes, I don't feel as if I am missing out on something now. Thanks for
the info.
   EK> ... With BWAVE & Qmodem!, there's enough time for a QWKie
               (PPoint)
Nice chatting to you.
Regards,
Rhondda
... Mice crawl under doors - programs crawl under Windows
--- PPoint 1.92
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