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- From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: ZipNews Door for Waffle in BETA Release
- Summary: Need Set-up Help
- Message-ID: <yP8yXB2w165w@slic.cts.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 00:49:58 PST
- References: <g8BPXB1w165w@nlbbs.UUCP>
- Reply-To: mikey@slic.cts.com
- Organization: Muth Valley Bell (619/390-SLIC BBS; V32bis)
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- jkilday@nlbbs.UUCP (Jack Kilday) writes:
-
- > This is to announce availability for wide area BETA testing a new
- > facility for your DOS-based Waffle system, ZipNews!
- >
- > Here's what it's about:
- >
- > * Offers high-speed, efficient access to Usenet newsgroups for callers
- > to Waffle BBSs (as a Door or Waffle "external command").
- >
- > * Produces a single compressed ASCII text file of all new articles
- > contained in newsgroups listed in the caller's Waffle JOIN file.
-
- I'm not able to get past the following screen and need a little
- help. I sure like the idea of zipping a newsgroup for off-line
- reading.
-
- Cannot open user's output text file.
-
- 0:35 E:\BIN>zn root local (this is my invocation from the shell)
-
- Anyone else trying to use ZIPNEWS yet?
-
- --
- Mike, San Diego, CA USA Public Key Available
- mikey@slic.cts.com GEnie: SLIC Ham: WB6WUI
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