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- From: bbs-artmoore@jwt.UUCP (arthur moore)
- Subject: Re: Qwkie Reader
- Reply-To: bbs-artmoore@jwt.UUCP
- Organization: The Matrix
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:46:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <iZX0VB2w164w@jwt.UUCP>
- References: <1992Dec24.145528.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
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- > |Well, I downloaded the above reader and it seems to work pretty well! It is
- > |good to at last have an off-line reader for the 64 when logging onto the
- > |international conferences etc!!!
- > |
- > |One thing I have found with it is you do need to have any cartridges disable
- > |before unarcing packets and reading the unarced packet for the first time, o
- > |else the program locks up the drive. Also you do need to power down the driv
- > |between unarcing and reading - I think it may have something to do with the
- > |fastload routines in the unarcing program.
-
- Thanks for forwarding, Kirk!
-
- As for fastload routines, there are none. If you are having a problem as
- such with the program, I would suggest answering 'n' to the "Dearcing to
- a 1541 or 1571?" query in the de-arcer. This is the only time QWKie does
- anything "non-standard" to the drive (changes the interleave).
-
- The only purpose served by changing the interleave is to speed up the
- scanning routine when you first read a mail packet.
-
- QWKie was developed with an Epyx Fastload installed the whole time.
- Since adding REU support while currently developing v2.0, this has
- obviously changed. No scan time necessary. Stay tuned for the next
- release (you too, Gordon!!).
-
- Happy Ho-Ho from Orlando, FL, USA! Comfortable 75 degrees at 2am!
-
- ( ( Art Moore | Usenet bbs-artmoore@jwt.uucp
- ) ) | -or- bbs-artmoore@jwt.oau.org
- ( ( | Fidonet CBM - Arthur Moore
- ) )__Ask me about the C64 qwk offline reader!__
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