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|    August Abolins to Alan Ianson    |
|    hope y'all don't mind if..    |
|    03 Apr 19 18:36:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7100631       REPLY: 1:153/757.0 3b4b9bf3       PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       Hello Alan!              ** 03.04.19 - 11:50, Alan Ianson wrote to August Abolins:              > I've been reading your testing in POINTS. I like apps that run on the       > terminal so I may have to try OpenXP again some time. I forget the reasons       > but the last time I looked I couldn't figure out what was going on.              Oxp has a bit of a learning curve, especially in the editor if you want to        copy chunks of text and move things around. The menu structure also takes        a little getting used to for finding things.              The program includes a "user guide" (not a manual) in the /docs directory.         The guide is designed to just get you through the steps up to your first        poll. But there is extra help in the POINTS echo.              The terminal look gives the feeling of visiting a BBS. That's not totally        a bad thing. But I am not sure if I will stick with oxp though. I have        been spoiled with the newsreader solution in Thunderbird.                     > ..I've had to drop out too a couple of times.. circumstances.. All       > systems are go here currently and RL seems favorable to that these days.              Currently a new "circumstance" has just popped up. No hydro power since        2:30pm. It is now 6:30pm. Laptop reports roughly 3.5 hrs battery left.        Dinner is cold. House is getting cooler. Currently 61F. High winds        outside.       Regards,        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.36        * Origin: /|ug's Point, Ont, Canada (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 15/2 16/0 123/130 131 1970 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/16       SEEN-BY: 226/17 229/107 354 426 452 1014 230/0 240/5832 5853 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 261/38 280/5003 5006 317/3 320/119 219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 393/68 640/1384 3828/7       PATH: 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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