Re: [pf] Backup list; ICQ Lite ? old-style BBS ?

>At 15:36 1/11/2001 +1300, I wrote:
>> I'm not sure the Gnutella network ... is the best; ICQ or IRC might be
>better ...
>>
>
At 05:28 2/11/2001 +1300, I wrote:
>· ... I have just signed-on with ICQ (which requires you to download some
software - we've already got the 99b version, ... and now have this number:
>
>ICQ#: 137144329
>Nickname: davd
>

· I am not recommending ICQ (at least just now).

· My preference, if there's going to be a need to download 0.6 MB (or more)
of software (for Gnutella or ICQ), is (i) that it be extremely easy to use
(just a few clicks, maybe type in some data {like ID}, and you're on), and
(ii) that it be fairly small - a "Lite" version - which ICQ has. For this
last, though, it still has bugs (it's the "alpha", not even "beta"), and
you apparently have to already have an ICQ number (& password) before you
get it.

· I'm not sure how far I want to take this investigation; I'll probably do
more after the weekend (my family monopolise this computer those two days).
  I also seem to remember a time, before the World Wide Web began, when
there were BBS's (Bulletin Boards), and before that, when you telephoned
someone, got them to switch-in their modem, and used a direct
computer-to-computer connection.

David.
David MacClement [davd @ ihug.co.nz] (remove spaces)
http://davd.tripod.com/GrRR-011026_titles.html#top
http://www.geocities.com/davd.geo/index.html#top
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