-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 09-27-05  17:37 <=-   
      
   OK, now for the message itself...  :)   
      
    NB>> Even before Y2K, BW's author had disappeared... primarily due to    
    NB>> health issues, as I understand it.  Hasn't stopped us from using   
    NB>> it with success though.  He wasn't around for making Y2K updates,   
    NB>> but the worst glitch was addressed by a nice little fix by Dale   
    NB>> Shipp, and things are still generally working well...   
      
    MK> I knew about the Dale Shipp part but didn't know all the particulars.    
    MK> I still see the occasional message from a BW system but usually offline   
    MK> is QWK these days.  I think that is far more common.   
      
   Before George disappeared he had built into the reader the capability of   
   reading and answering QWK packets.  And there were some other date   
   issues with some of the BW doors at Y2K.  Hubby thinks he may have found   
   a fix for the date problems that works past the part that Dale had to   
   fix for QWK packets.  But in any case, Dan and I are still using our BW   
   readers without any problems at all, even though I am forced to be   
   reading QWK packets, and he has a point system that includes the ability   
   to still use his BW (using a program written by another die-hard BW-er   
   who also has disappeared since).   
      
    NB>> As for that recent source for zmodem transfers, that may have been my   
    NB>> hubby's TelNetPort?  As I am still using DOS pretty exclusively, he's   
    NB>> worked on various fixes to make it still be possible.  I told you    
    NB>> before that he's a good programmer...     
      
    MK> I didn't know about any of the above, except the 'good programmer'   
    MK> part.  Myself I just use a straight 'linux' terminal as it is the best,   
    MK> bar none.  When telnetting, which isn't often these days, I just use   
    MK> the same terminal that I use for everything else.  That is the true   
    MK> beauty of my linux boxes.  I don't really need zmodem as I got all   
    MK> sorts of transfer abilities at my fingertips.  However, DOS definetly   
    MK> needs good programmers for it to network, nevermind just Fido stuff, so   
    MK> I can see why you would be even more enomoured with hubby.  ;-)   
      
   Well, yes, of course...  :)  I got a good deal when I got him.  Not   
   always the easiest to live with, but a) who is, and b) we've learned to   
   work on that sort of stuff, both of us.  (I generally preach only what I   
   practice...)  He had a very good mother, who raised him very well.  And   
   he's been very supportive, btw, with that agency mess, and even before.   
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
   ... If you think you're confused now, wait until you hear my explanation.   
      
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