That is not really true, but I understand why you think so.
The real fact is, that the program that's compiled the Fidonews
from year three(?) -- MAKENEWS.EXE -- originally had several
limitations. One of them was the line length limit of 70.
In 2001 the then Fidonews editor Frank Vest an I had many netmail exchanges about the limitations, but then in particular about the
ASCII only requirement. So I spent several hours in DEBUG, hacking the original EXE file, finding and removing that stupid ASCII only
limitation.
The result you have been able to enjoy for almost two decades now.
But I didn't go for any of the printer related code -- line and
page length -- because by then it was still quite popular to print out
the Snooze on your printer.
Ergo, the printer related code are still there.
I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous Fidonews editors in total,
so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...
That is not really true, but I understand why you think so.
The real fact is, that the program that's compiled the Fidonews
from year three(?) -- MAKENEWS.EXE -- originally had several
limitations. One of them was the line length limit of 70.
In 2001 the then Fidonews editor Frank Vest an I had many netmail
exchanges about the limitations, but then in particular about the
ASCII only requirement. So I spent several hours in DEBUG, hacking the
original EXE file, finding and removing that stupid ASCII only
limitation.
The result you have been able to enjoy for almost two decades now.
MvdV> the Snooze on your printer.But I didn't go for any of the printer related code -- line and
page length -- because by then it was still quite popular to print BF>out
Ergo, the printer related code are still there.
I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous
Fidonews editors in total,
so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...
The real fact is, that the program that's compiled the Fidonews
from year three(?) -- MAKENEWS.EXE -- originally had several
limitations. One of them was the line length limit of 70.
And yet you chose to do nothing about it ...
On 02-26-19 02:38, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Michiel van der Vlist <=-
Ergo, the printer related code are still there. If anyone feels like it, feel free to produce a modern MAKENEWS.EXE file, and I'll be happy
to not only use it, but just like Frank Vest two decades ago, partly thanks to my hack, pass on the baton to the next Fidonews editor.
I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous Fidonews editors in total, so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...
But I didn't go for any of the printer related code -- line and pagelength
-- because by then it was still quite popular to print out the Snooze on your printer.
Ergo, the printer related code are still there. If anyone feels like it, feel free to produce a modern MAKENEWS.EXE file, and I'll be happy to not only use it, but just like Frank Vest two decades ago, partly thanks to my hack, pass on the baton to the next Fidonews editor.
I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous Fidonews editors in total, so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...
That is not really true, but I understand why you think so.
The real fact is, that the program that's compiled the Fidonews from year three(?) -- MAKENEWS.EXE -- originally had several limitations. One ofthem
was the line length limit of 70.
In 2001 the then Fidonews editor Frank Vest an I had many netmailexchanges
about the limitations, but then in particular about the ASCII only requirement. So I spent several hours in DEBUG, hacking the original EXE file, finding and removing that stupid ASCII only limitation. The result you have been able to enjoy for almost two decades now.
But I didn't go for any of the printer related code -- line and pagelength
-- because by then it was still quite popular to print out the Snooze on your printer.
Ergo, the printer related code are still there. If anyone feels like it, feel free to produce a modern MAKENEWS.EXE file, and I'll be happy to not only use it, but just like Frank Vest two decades ago, partly thanks to my hack, pass on the baton to the next Fidonews editor.
I've now been the editor for much longer than all of the previous Fidonews editors in total, so I think it's about time to contemplate my retirement...
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