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In article <Snews.971213.194821.roger.12615@firedrake.demon.co.uk>,
Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.avertspam.demon.co.uk> writes
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>Also... let's put it this way. I've written a bunch of game utility
>programs that are available on my homepage (for a game that runs on any
>PC with a VGA card). Each of them says in the documentation, "you need a
>386; if you don't have one, get in touch". No-one has done so. Just how
>big an issue is this? (I _am_ prepared to be convinced.)

Well people have said here that a lack of a non-386 version would be a
problem, so it certainly is a real issue rather than an imagined one
(though how big I wouldn't dare say). There's a reasonable argument
suggesting that a lot of KA9Q users are using it simply because their PC
would not sensibly cope with a Windows package (although I would expect
that the majority here are using it through choice).

From my own POV there's a lot that could be done with KA9Q if it had
more memory. Running a mailing list is a typical example - at present I
have KA9Q (well, YAN - like Roger I am very impressed with it)
configured to connect on its own every morning. Tim Illingowrth's
SmofList then processes the incoming mail, and (usually) results in some
outgoing mail. The only-slightly-modified (TM) demon.bat file spots this
(ie it looks for ~\mqueue\*.wrk) and then re-runs YAN. Total connect
time typically three or four minutes. Cost: 2* minimum call charge. If
SmofList could be run from a shell once incoming mail connections had
closed, I could probably halve my phone bill. It would need
modifications to both KA9Q and SmofList, I expect, but if there were a
well supported 386+ version of KA9Q then there would probably be the
demand to do it. [There are other ways of doing the same job, of-course;
that was just an example. Although useful suggestions as to other
methods gratefully received...]

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Mark Rogers (Software Engineer)       -o-      mark@controlware.demon.co.uk
2M_ControlWare, Yaxley, Peterborough, ENGLAND.