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In article <20111006.0923.11100031snz@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>
           v$af$ppint@i-m-t.demon.co.uk "ppint. at pplay" writes:

>         - hi; in article, <1316492881snz@nospam.demon.co.uk>,
>           pete@nospam.demon.co.uk responded, as rapidly as by
>                20 Sep 2011, and at 04:28:01 +0000, too:
> >                    "ppint. at pplay" writes:
> >[..]
> >>      - we could perhaps be the last couple of readers left of
> >>      dipspc - is anyone else out there ?
> >>
> >>      - "is anybody there ?"
> >
> >There must be others ...
> 
>         - who may be out hunting wabbits...?

It would appear so -- I've been waiting patiently for one or more of 
them to reply and can only deduce that it must be a L-O-N-G hunting 
trip... 

> >>      - currently, i'm trying to find a copy of snzTune, which i
> >>[..]
> >
> >Did you mean snzPrune?  If so, I have the complete v0.3 ZIP here and
> >also the EXE only for v0.7 -- which is the one I use daily.  I took a
> >quick look at John Wash's website (which would be the first place to
> >look for a download) but it appears to be under reconstruction.  You
> >are welcome to what I have here, I'm sure that John wouldn't mind me
> >sending it on.
> 
>         - the 0.7 .exe would be welcome, i should think, as i'm still
>         using v0.3; and should john again find himself possessed of a
>         sufficiency of that at once fabulous and copious free time,
>         for the devotion of which to matters snewsish - snewsy? - he
>         became renowned, i trust he will overcome his current attack
>         of minimalism...

It should be arriving in your mailbox any time soon.

>         - but no, snwsTune used to be found at www.roborat.demon.co.uk,
>         and, i think i recall correctly, somewhere on ftp.demon.co.uk -
>         which, alas, the current owners killed a while ago; it is needed
>         by john's snews to get (or Get) an article that one decides one
>         would rather not have missed through killfiling, and subsequent
>         articles in what would otherwise remain a thread that fits one
>         of one's news killfile rules such as, one cross-posted to three
>         or more newsgroups (or whatever number has previously convinced
>         one that thence no good can thereby come).

Ah yes, I think I remember it now, though never used it.  The last 
address I have for Dave (roborat) Scott is dave at roborat org uk but 
that is over ten years old and so possibly also defunct.  Maybe he has 
a facebook page?  I think there was also a Make_Get utility (written 
by Tim Illingworth) which did a similar thing -- it's mentioned in one 
of Michael Bernardi's DOS FAQs, but that was a long time ago too...

Good luck!
Pete
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