🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #15277

Re: Red Ryder Host Materials on GEnie?

#15277
From: wbell
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1987 15:50
31 lines
2073 bytes
In article <1172@spice.cs.cmu.edu> tdn@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Newton) writes:
>>
>> Does anyone know whether there are any materials on GEnie pertaining to
>> Red Ryder Host by Scott Watson?
>>
>
>For some time, the program and documentation were available in the Freesoft
>Roundtable on GEnie for downloading by any registered user of Red Ryder who
>had a GEnie account.  Recently, though, Watson turned Red Ryder Host from a
>benefit of Red Ryder registration into a separate $60 product -- the people
>who were already using it and who had registered their BBS systems with him
>will be able to download updates, but new users must pay.
>
>                                        -- Thomas Newton

Is is Shareware, or is it commercial-only?
(shades of FEdit+ creeping in here -- perhaps Shareware really *is* dooomed...)
[btw, I registered for RR last summer, expecting to receive RR Host with it,
but didn't. I couldn't download it from GEnie because GEnie doesn't
have access from Canada (and still doesn't).  now I have to pay $60? 
forget it. ]
-- 
----
University of Toronto Computing Services	       Warren Bell
UUCP: {cbosgd,ihnp4,utai,utcsri,utzoo}!utgpu!wbell
Internet: wbell@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu
BITNET: wbell at utoronto, wbell at utorgpu

Disclaimer: the views expressed above are mine alone, and do not
in any way reflect the views of the University of Toronto, nor
the views of University of Toronto Computing Services.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1987Mar27.105056.21447@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!wbell
References: <1172@spice.cs.cmu.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!wbell
From: wbell@utgpu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder Host Materials on GEnie?
Message-ID: <1987Mar27.105056.21447@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 10:50:56 EST
Article-I.D.: gpu.1987Mar27.105056.21447
Posted: Fri Mar 27 10:50:56 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 08:47:41 EST
References: <1172@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: wbell@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Warren Bell)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Lines: 31
Keywords: Red Ryder Host Shareware Fedit
Checksum: 39718