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Re: Multiuser BBS

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From: Matthew R. Singer
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1988 15:24
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In article <11400006@silver>, stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes:

> [nibbles and bits]
> 
> I'd like to apologize for the following bit of well-intentioned humor...
> (but I won't... *grin*)
> 
> /* Written  8:40 am  Dec 31, 1987 by singer@ll-xn in silver:comp.sys.atari.st
> 
> >Kindy [sic] inform me as to what is so "abrasive" about FoReM ST.
> 
> It's author from the sound of it... Personally, I find it redundant and
> inefficient as a user (and co-sysop on a couple of FoReM ST boards), but
> that's only a personal opinion.  I'll live.
> 
> >Perhaps you find it so because you are unfamilar with it.
> 
> Nope... I'm plenty familiar with it.  It still annoys me a lot of the time,
> just faster than it used to annoy me when I wasn't familiar with it.
> 
> >Please send me your name and address so I can send you a users [sic] manual.
> 
> Actually, I have a friend of mine's (Paul Followell), but then, the note 
> wasn't directed to me in the first place.  The original author's name is 
> Neil Harris.  He works for Atari, and you can find his address at the bottom
> of every note he posts to the newsgroup.
> 
> >Matt Singer
> 
> Holly Lee Stowe
> 
> "Whip me!  Beat me!  Take away my charge cards!" - SpaceCamp
> 
> [and bits and bits]


Please.... Help me make FoReM less annoying and more "friendly",
by SPECIFICALLY stating what you find so "ANNOYING" and "REDUNDANT"...


Or how about "What is better and why it is".


Thank you for you time and assistance...


Matt Singer
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From: singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multiuser BBS
Summary: FoReM Annoying????
Message-ID: <853@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Jan 88 15:24:34 GMT
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Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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