Subj : Re: Local vs Network message boards
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Ed Vance
Date : Mon May 06 2024 22:15:14

SLMR was the first QWK Reader that I used after getting a 486 computer built.
B4 the 486 I used a C=64 with a few Terminal programs, the last one was Bounty
Bob (iirc).
Back then even though the PC had a 40column display I always set the terminal
to 80 columns wheather on a CBM BBS or another system (Apple, DOS/Windows or
Atari).

SLMR's 57 letter line length , to me, was noticeable when I couldn't save
Taglines longer than 57 characters.
Also I noticed messages written with MultiMail lots of times were longer than
the 50 or so lines a page SLMR could display, so I downloaded MultiMail 0.40 to
be able to read the extra lines (sometimes several hundred lines ).

Oh, speaking of the C=64/Bounty Bob I used earlier, I would select the Read All
New Messages option and watch the Buffer until it was about full and Pause the
BBS, save Buffer to floppy, restart message sending - 
Over and over until the BBS finished sending New Messages.

That worked for me until I got able to get QWK Packets w/ the 486.
Ed



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