pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com (Pete Lyall) (04/30/91)
I'm going to be leaving my present job and transitioning over to a location where news may not be available (yet .. ;^}). I started to write some simple tools for collecting articles & compressing them so that I could Zmodem them home to my PC for unpacking and reading. It works, but it's a fairly ungainly approach (especially in terms of following a threaded discussion). It occurred to me that I was probably reinventing the wheel, and that several other folks may already successfully and happily be doing what I would like to do. That in mind, I beseech you net.pc.wizards: what's available (and where) for home based news reading software? I do have a dedicated phone line for the system at home w/ a 9600 v.32 modem on it, and I have done some mucking with UUCP here in the past. All suggestions greatly appreciated. Pete Lyall (hopelessly addicted to News for over 5 years....) P.S. Please mail responses to pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com -- Pete Lyall [GTE] Compuserve: 76703,4230 Internet: pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com UUCP: {hacgate,jplgodo,voder}!wlbr!pete "... So I picked up my pride from beneath the pay phone, and combed his breath right outta my hair. And sometimes, it's not so easy ..." J. Hendrix/My Friend