Subj : Re: Local vs Network message boards
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat May 04 2024 09:45:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Roon <=-

 Ni> Interesting that you specifically mention BlueWave.. BlueWave wasn't
 Ni> the only way to read mail.  But if even local phone calls cost money,
 Ni> then I could see why people would often use an offline mail reader.
 Ni> Even then, I thought there were other offline mail readers besides
 Ni> BlueWave.

BlueWave was a format and a reader, and there were a couple of
BlueWave-compatible readers (even Windows readers).

QWK had lots of readers out there - BlueWave could read/write QWK,
offline was a simple reader, and SLMR (silly little message reader) was
a bone-simple reader.

I never understood the allure of SLMR, but some people swore by it.



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