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- From: A.M.Gimblett@cs.cf.ac.uk ("My Prognosis is Psychosis...")
- Subject: Re: BlueRibbon Archives
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- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 12:39:18 GMT
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- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Univ of Wales, CARDIFF
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- David Ingebretsen (dingebre@xmission.com) wrote:
- : I know that people have posted what files are on CompuServe,
- : but I found MANY more than I've seen listed here. Here is
- : the listing of everything that I found in the BlueRibbon
- : area. There are several text files and some of this is
- : not of much use, demos, teasers, etc.
-
- : I got an offer to join CompuServe. I logged on, typed GO BLUERIBBON
- : and downloaded everything in the area in about 3 hours. That left me
- : with plenty of time left on my 10 free hours. I cancelled my
- : service and that was that.
-
- Hmmm... Here's me, a humble college-based net-user. I have no modem
- with my home computer (beloved Amiga, hallowed be thy interfaces).
- Can someone fill me in on the Blue Ribbon/Compuserve thing? I seem
- to have caught the tail end of it - looks like Compuserve are giving
- away all the Blue Ribbon software, including B&P. Yes, I've worked
- that out. Now the questions: Why? Do I need a modem to access it?
- I tried ftp'ing to zeta.org in austrailia but it's so *s* *l* *o* *w*.
- What's the situation likely to be in the future? B&P on aminet?
-
- If anyone can shed any light on these matters, I'd sorely appreciate
- it!
-
- Yours humbly and in a confused manner,
-
- Andy
-