Re: Why we use Waffle

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From: Richard McCombs KB5SNF
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:56

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ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry) writes:

> In <TTXmXB3w165w@1776.COM> bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
> 
>>This brings up an interesting point: What percentage of the Waffle community
>>actually runs a BBS or cares about Waffle's ability to support one?  For my
[...]
> 
>         If I didnt want to run a BBS I would give up Waffle and use other
> UUCP systems.  For one thing, Unix is much better than MS-DOS and comes
> with UUCP communication utilities.  There is even a free clone, called
> Linux available for IBM PC clones, i386 and above.

I use waffle because it is the best package that will do UUCP and news
on an 8088.

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From: rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF)
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Subject: Re: Why we use Waffle
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 20:56:48 CST
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