Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Tom Walker
From : Roy Witt
Date : Fri Jan 28 2005 02:51 pm

Hello Tom.

27 Jan 05 10:46, you wrote to me:

 TW> -> Well, with fido's nodelist down to just a few hundred nodes in
 TW> this zone, -> there's really no need to call more than one BBS these
 TW> days. I just -> thought you might be interested in becoming a member,
 TW> so that when the -> BBSs in San Diego dry up, you'll be prepared.
 TW> Course, if you had an -> internet service, you could always telnet to
 TW> a BBS and of course, the time -> limit is no longer a problem.


 TW> I have a dial up Internet line and did try TelNeting for a while.

Ewwww. That's got to be awfully slow on a dial up. I was there once and
remember how it took what seemed like ages to load a screen. And then
waiting for a command to take affect was unbearable.

 TW> But al li have is Hyperterminal and most of the time I have trpouble
 TW> editing my messages as I type them. Of course as most tell me if I
 TW> was NOT so Hardheaded I would use an "Off Line Reader and the problem
 TW> would be solved!!  :-)  :-)

There you go. An OLR would give you the ease of using your own computer at
your leasure to read and reply offline. You could then type and re-type to
your hearts content.


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