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> wrote in message
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> The good thing about newsgroups back in the day, was that it didn't
> require a constant or fast online connection. You could batch
> download headers, flag them for body download offline, and then
> download the bodies, read and reply off line. In the days of 300 baud
> connections this was great. There was also a software some BBSs with
> newsgroup access would use that would zip (or PKARC back then), the
> bodies and send it via zmodem - great stuff.
>
> ab257
I'm still at 26.4 here on a good day, so text is still nice...plus I don't
care for the graphics and crap anyway - what's the point on a discussion
site?
Cricket
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