-=> Paul Hayton wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD>  DK> Honestly, if you just want to Telnet into BBS's,   
    DD>  DK> I think Syncterm wor   
    DD>  DK> just fine and it runs great on Windows 8.1   
      
    DD> Thanks for the tip. I have a much beloved workhorse Dell Dimension E310   
    DD> which is darned near old enough (I got it on a "deal" back around the   
    DD> turn of the century) to be considered a classic ... it sat in its box   
      
    PH> Hi Dave,   
      
    PH> I'm the sysop for Agency BBS. If you want to try SynchTerm you can grab   
    PH> a copy from my website http://bbs.geek.nz/files/syncterm.zip   
      
    PH> The software plays nice on XP and later versions of Windows   
      
    PH> Run the bat file in the .zip called call-agency-bbs.bat batch file to   
    PH> get connected :-)   
      
   Thanks for the offer - but I already snaffled a copy from Synchronet's web   
   site. Also saw some gotchas about it having a problem with later version of   
   some encryption scheme on W7/64 bit ... which is what I have on that box. We'll   
   see how it does on my 8.1 (which, with "Classic Shell" is, at least, somewhat   
   usable).    
      
   That "touch screen" crap, though. It sucks rocks. The Amiga got me habituated   
   to the WIMP interface for some things. But, I find that I can do many things   
   more quickly and easier using the CLI.  Bv)=   
      
   Just call me Ned, Jr.   
      
   ... I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crochety than you are?   
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