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 In article <821275964.10107@thokk.demon.co.uk>
  malcolm@demon.net (Malcolm Muir) said:-

>Guy Harrison (guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>  In article <821131352_OASIS_@yr-ynys.demon.co.uk>
>>   Neil@yr-ynys.demon.co.uk (Neil Martin) said:-
>
>> It occurred to me some time ago that it should be possible to download 
>> a preconfigured setup (as much as possible) where you just plonk in 
>> your hostname and telephone number. All the basic functions keys, 
>> groups and the like are preconfigured for a specific drive (C - F?). 
>> Naturally this would require the permission of the various authors and 
>> copyright holders but it would be to everyone's advantage so I see no 
>> problem with this.
>
>> This would make it much easier for those less familiar with the ST 
>> technically to get working. After a while they would gain enough 
>> knowledge to make personal changes.
>
>> Any takers for this idea?
>
>You need to be careful in doing this. Remember the software is not
>Demon software but is copyright the original author.
>
>Making changes to the package the author has licenced for distribution
>is in all probability a breach of that licence. The usual way around
>this is to add another package containing the information and any
>custom files necessary to connect to a particular service.
>
>If you want to produce a special version of someone elses work, please
>make sure you have permission to do so.

I thought I had made it clear concerning permission above. Possibly 
not.

The biggest hurdle to overcome is the NOS setup. This is basically a 
fine piece of software - once it has been configured - but until then 
it comes across as a pile of junk. It *has* to work first time for new 
users at least for news and email.

Only today someone has posted the Atari STARTUP.NOS on behalf of a new 
user who cannot connect. It is well out of date and coupled with what 
seems to be an Ascend problem that person will never connect without 
help. I try to help in this area as best I can but sometimes I get 
sick of doing it.

I am more than willing to supply an updated STARTUP.NOS for the guest 
package (a blank file would almost be an improvement) - just let me 
know. It will not be the best in the world but it will be the one most 
likely to work. In fact, I could post it here first and over a period 
of days everybody could argue its virtues and failings so it can be 
fine tuned first. Then when a query gets posted at least we'll know 
what the basic setup is!

Can David Nash still be contacted at dnash@chaos.demon.co.uk? If so 
then perhaps you could email him asking him for permission to make 
changes to STARTUP.NOS and DIAL.TXT (might as well do the PC 
equivilents as well). It would be better coming from you.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk