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|    POINDEXTER FORTRAN to ACCESS DENIED    |
|    Re: BBSing    |
|    31 Jan 19 19:20:17    |
      -=> Access Denied wrote to Digital Avatar <=-               AD> push the limits of ANSI as far as they can go with it. Get ready for a        AD> 4000+ line ansi in the next        AD> pack, beating their previous 3000+ liner they did a couple packs ago.              I think ANSI display speed drove the modem speed wars more than raw       transfer rates. Nothing like watching 10 screens' worth of ANSI at 9600 bps       because your off-brand modem wouldn't negotiate a decent connection or you       were pushing bits through a crappy UART. :)                            ... (Organic) machinery       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50       --- SBBSecho 2.27-Win32        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org (46:1/115)        þ Synchronet þ thePharcyde_ >> telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)    |
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