Subj : origins of QWK
To   : Monica Neufeld
From : Charlie Gabriel
Date : Wed Jan 28 2004 08:13 pm

MN>-=> CHARLIE GABRIEL wrote to MONICA NEUFELD <=-

MN> MN> ac> Just to set things clear at the beginning, I'm
MN> MN> ac> "Sparky", the Sparky in
MN> MN> ac> "Sparkware", and I'm the "father" of the QWK format.

MN> CG> Umm... and what was Mark Herring?

MN> MN>Thanks Sparky.  Don't know what I would do without offline mail!

MN> CG> There may be a claim for multiple fathers. :>

MN>I looked this up on the internet and to be honest, I couldn't find a
MN>definate source as to who invented QWK mail.  I did find that Mark
MN>Herring is Sparky.

MN>By the way, is that Offline Express you're using?  If so, how do you
MN>like it?  I believe Offline Express is Shareware and is a "Windows"
MN>type reader.

Umm... this Offline Express is v2 and was "given" to SLMR owners when
SLMR was sold about 10 years or so ago. This version is very long in
the tooth.  I do have OLX3, but prefer this. I also had two of Mark
Herring's readers (DeLuxe2 and FirstReader); however, they both
cratered on the faster CPUs.


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