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From: Mikael Larsson
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 13:55

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Posting this message from a friend that will soon get an own account!
*****
 > From:    Guillory@farwest.FidoNet.Org
 >
 > Other people may have beaten this to death but I propose that Patricia
 > Hoffman change her VIRUSSUM.DOC to something similar to PC Virus Index
 > (PCVI305.zip) by Dan McCool and Brian Clough.  This file comes with an
 > executable portion and separate datafiles for each virus.
 > This is a well written program that is easy to use.

I disagree with this because that means that You can only access the
database on a given computer platform. The VIRUSSUM.DOC should remain
in pure ASCII given the benefits of being able to read it from
whatever machine your using.

If the demand rises someone will write a program to access
VIRUSSUM.DOC on any platform, just as I am currently doing for the
PC:s with my VSUMBROW program.

Regards /Jonny Bergdahl
FidoNet: 2:204/503
VirNet : 9:463/101
BBS: +46-36-121323
Virus-L Digest => VirNet echogate

Rgds,

MiL
         Virus Help Centre            Phone    : +46-26 100518
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                                      Email    : vhc@abacus.hgs.se

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From: vhc@Abacus.hgs.se (Mikael Larsson)
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Subject: VSUM Format (PC)
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Date: 29 May 91 13:55:27 GMT
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