From: Josh Norton Area: Mundane To: Kayla Block 29 Mar 94 15:25:02 Subject: Schools and files UpdReq Thus said Kayla Block to Ace Lightning concerning Schools and files: AL> Check your BBS for SLMR (Silly Little Mail Reader): I've only got 2.0, AL> and I know there's at least a 2.1, but it isn't THAT slow, and it's easy AL> to use. My BBS is in the same area code but outside my local calling KB> LOL, why do IBM'ers always think that the rest of the us KB> are IBM'ers too? i'm afraid that SLMR wouldn't do me much KB> good because i have a mac. (but, thanks for the advice.) KB> :) Have you tried FREDDIE or ALICE? I hear the latest versions of these Mac mail-readers are pretty good. ... Do modeming Hobbits use a Tolkien Ring Network? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.10 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Swift Lightning Area: Mundane To: Farrell Mcgovern 1 Apr 94 02:46:00 Subject: Discordian/mooist Info UpdReq FM> >> farrellj@pinetree.org FM> SL> Yes, but in these modern times...You can get the Principia > SL> as a text file off of Internet! [...] FM> I just happen to have it scanned in...just no where that was able to >handle 5.5 meg of scanned images...but as soon as I can afford a SCSI >adaptor, I will be able to put up my BBS, and make it available for >FREQing...and FTP when I have an internet connect... Cool! If you can get archie now, you can grab the 130k text-only version... might be easier on folks who don't have the 5.5 megs o' space either. :> Good luck! SWIFT LIGHTNING strikes again! * SLMR 2.1a * A social life? What site can I FTP one of those from? 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Kayla Block Area: Mundane To: Ace Lightning 1 Apr 94 00:27:44 Subject: Schools and files UpdReq 93 ace lightning, AL> "Voice and Diction" to try to hone my skills, and "Phonetics" to give AL> myself the tools. (I figured that learning how to write down subtle AL> nuances of speech would make me more aware of these nuances; I was AL> right.) It was fun, too; everyone else was taking the course because it sounds interesting. i wish i knew of a school offering something like that locally. AL> the other students used the "R coloration", or dropped their R's AL> completely, but I pronounced them clearly. At the end of the semester, I AL> took a box of alphabet macaroni and painstakingly picked out all the R's AL> and put them in a Baggie. I made a little speech to the teacher about too funny! that story still probably gets passed around! AL> There've GOT to be OLR's for the Mac. I think I've heard of ones called AL> Alice and Freddie (???) yes, i have a registered copy of freddie, (before i paid my shareware fees on this crippleware, i wished that i had known how painfully slow it was!) i used to have a copyt of alice, and i'd have to say that i never really could figure out how to use it. there's also some freeware thing, but it's really primitive. i think the selection and quality of OLMR's is higher for the IBM's. so, for now, i still just stick to typing online. 93, ---kayla 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718