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In article <829990556snz@copse.demon.co.uk>
           Eoin@copse.demon.co.uk "Eoin Woods" writes:

>         2. Use the OS/2 version of KA9Q to retrieve the news and mail and
>            then use DOS or OS/2 packages to read it - I don't do this so
>            I don't know much about it other than the OS/2 version of KA9Q
>            seems to work OK.

I do that.  I've set up the DOS program as one icon and the OS/2 connect
program as another in my comms folder.  The 'connect' program is
actually an OS/2 .CMD file that runs the OS/2 version of NET.EXE, and
then invokes the DOS 'unbatch' program to unbatch the news.

I tried the alternative, which is to install a utility which allows an
OS/2 program to be invoked from a batch file, but I found the result to
be rather messy, with spurious windows popping up and getting the focus
when they shouln't.

The OS/2 version of NET.EXE has some nice features, including use of
mnemonics to set up the function keys (e.g. fkey F7 "finger
status@gate.demon.co.uk\r") and up-arrow key recalls commands at the
net> prompt.  Also sm list doesn't crash it like the DOS version, and the
program doesn't hog the CPU like the DOS one does.

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