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    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Friday, January 21, 2022 17:46:11
    Hello All,

    I have been requested to publish the 'Gazette in smaller chunks to allow DOS-based systems to display it properly so I will be manually editing the FG to 100-line chunks to post in here. I'll see if I can set up a separate config file for Squish (my current mail tosser) to spit out 4K chunked messages to make it easier.

    My apologies for not considering this earlier. After decades of using OS/2, I get used to having 32K chunked messages!

    Thank you for bringing this to my immediate attention.

    -- Sean
    FidoGazette Publisher

    ... A fool and his money can throw a heck of a party,
    --- GoldED/2 3.0.1
    * Origin: Outpost BBS Sysop Console (1:18/200)
  • From Shaun Buzza@1:229/110 to Sean Dennis on Friday, January 21, 2022 18:05:50
    I have been requested to publish the 'Gazette in smaller chunks to allow DOS-based systems to display it properly so I will be manually editing
    the FG to 100-line chunks to post in here.

    I'm not certain I understand this, but I think I do. Most BBSes are still living within 80x25 boundaries, mine included. Please limit each line to 80 chars!

    Also, thanks for your effort!

    McDoob
    SysOp, PiBBS
    pibbs.sytes.net

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: PiBBS (1:229/110)
  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Shaun Buzza on Friday, January 21, 2022 19:47:00
    Shaun Buzza wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    I have been requested to publish the 'Gazette in smaller chunks to allow DOS-based systems to display it properly so I will be manually editing
    the FG to 100-line chunks to post in here.

    I'm not certain I understand this, but I think I do. Most BBSes
    are still living within 80x25 boundaries, mine included. Please
    limit each line to 80 chars!

    LOL... he said 100-lines, not 100-chars.

    Keep trying...



    ... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Shaun Buzza on Friday, January 21, 2022 22:53:36
    Hello Shaun,

    Friday January 21 2022 18:05, you wrote to me:

    I'm not certain I understand this, but I think I do. Most BBSes are
    still living within 80x25 boundaries, mine included. Please limit each line to 80 chars!

    The software I use to publish the Gazette is DOS-based software from 1989. The maximum line length is 70 characters each. I am talking about posting the entire FG in a single message; some older DOS software cannot handle huge messages so I need to split them into smaller chunks. I'm going to look intop that this weekend.

    So when I mean is splitting the FG into smaller chunks to post.

    -- Sean

    ... Bubble wrap is like catnip for people.
    --- GoldED/2 3.0.1
    * Origin: Outpost BBS Sysop Console (1:18/200)
  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Dan Clough on Saturday, January 22, 2022 10:32:56
    Dan wrote (2022-01-21):

    I'm not certain I understand this, but I think I do. Most BBSes
    are still living within 80x25 boundaries, mine included. Please
    limit each line to 80 chars!

    LOL... he said 100-lines, not 100-chars.

    Keep trying...

    keep being an asshole, asshole.

    ---
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