08-18-15 09:35 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Heads up C64 game   
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   Howdy! Holger,   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <55D4FEB8.14433.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 08-16-15, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> Hi Ed,   
      
    EV> Every .QWK packet I get goes on the HDD with the same name, hence it   
    EV> needs Renaming.   
      
    HG> That's the normal procedure. There is however a light in the   
    HG> tunnel.   
      
    HG> The terminal program that does it as we want is Telix. It   
    HG> renames every incoming .QWK file by replacing the last (or both   
    HG> last) leters of the file name with a new consecutive number.   
      
   I tried using Telnet with HyperTerminal PE.   
      
   Using it gave me the 'feel' of how I called up BBS's in the Dial-Up   
   days.   
   But my .BAT and FTP Script is quicker than Burma Shave, so I enjoy   
   using it to get my .QWK fix.   
   And now that I've modified my .BAT to 'look before it leaped' when it   
   made a file, I 'think' I solved the overwrite problem I experienced.   
      
   Before I began using the .BAT for FTPing, I was using a website called   
   NET2FTP.com to get packets from this BBS.   
      
   I'm lazy, and as of now the .BAT file satisfies me.   
      
    HG> Sample: The next HAM-BOX.QWK is renamed to *.QW1, the following   
    HG> to *.QW2 and so on automatically. To my knowledge that is the   
    HG> only terminal pgm that does it.   
      
   I think SEMPOINT did that iirc.??   
      
    HG> You run MM.DOS, so try Telix.com as a terminal to get your QWK   
    HG> packets.   
      
   IIRC, I used Telix on my 486 box when I called local BBS's by Dial-Up.   
      
   I will look for the floppy disk set and play with it to see how it does   
   with my using telnet to log on the BBS I use.   
      
   Thanks and 73   
      
   Ed   
      
      
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