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    From Aaron Tucker@1:123/141 to Fido.ABLED on Sat May 5 17:26:57 2018
    I was going to ask about a QWK reader, but thanks to Doc's Place, I can read via windows live mail! If anyone knows how to make that dark, that'd be great. I really would love something with a nice terminal font too. lol.

    Not much discussion here. I've also got a gastric pacemaker to stop pain from my stomach, since I don't digest food normally. It's a pain in the abdomen! Luckily, weed makes it all warm and fuzzy. Yay, Colorado!
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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Aaron Tucker on Sat May 5 20:30:18 2018
    I was going to ask about a QWK reader, but thanks to Doc's Place, I can read via windows live mail! If anyone knows how to make that dark, that'd be great. I really would love something with a nice terminal font too. lol.

    Not much discussion here. I've also got a gastric pacemaker to stop pain from my stomach, since I don't digest food normally. It's a pain in the abdomen! Luckily, weed makes it all warm and fuzzy. Yay, Colorado!

    That is great that you can use it there - I wish NY state would grow up and be
    real... :( I swear Cuomo made it legal here to shut up complainers, but it's so
    hard to get it here, it's not worth the trouble... :(

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    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Aaron Tucker on Sun May 6 10:20:13 2018
    Re: Newsreaders for the visually impaired?
    By: Aaron Tucker to Fido.ABLED on Sat May 05 2018 05:26 pm

    Not much discussion here. I've also got a gastric pacemaker to stop pain from my stomach, since I don't digest food normally. It's a pain in the abdomen! Luckily, weed makes it all warm and fuzzy. Yay, Colorado!

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    Most folks do not know it exists anymore.

    xxcarol
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    * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS telnet:\\shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)
  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 6 10:57:38 2018
    Hi Carol,

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    It's on my system and IIRC, the other Backbone systems (Mark Lewis, myself, and
    Dallas Hinton). It's also listed in BACKBONE.NA. So it's still "on the backbone" :)

    Most folks do not know it exists anymore.

    That's probably true due to not much in the way of posts :(

    Take care,
    Janis

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    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Janis Kracht on Sun May 6 11:26:33 2018
    Re: Newsreaders for the visually impaired?
    By: Janis Kracht to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 06 2018 10:57 am

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very
    popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    It's on my system and IIRC, the other Backbone systems (Mark Lewis, myself, and Dallas Hinton). It's also listed in BACKBONE.NA. So it's still "on the backbone" :)

    Most folks do not know it exists anymore.

    That's probably true due to not much in the way of posts :(

    Aha! Ok, Bob had it delisted but I'd get the strays.

    For a history, this echo ROCKED at 1,000 messages a day then split off to some 50 disablity echos and even another network called ADANET (American Disability Network).

    So Aaron, what screen reader software are you using? I probably have some ideas. I recently was testing some for Yahoo.

    xxcarol
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    * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS telnet:\\shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 6 18:52:58 2018

    On 2018 May 06 10:20:12, you wrote to Aaron Tucker:

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    you could have fooled me, my system and my other two backbone stars... ABLED is
    definitely listed in BACKBONE.NA... it is also listed in the echolist...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to mark lewis on Sun May 6 21:18:56 2018
    Re: Newsreaders for the visually impaired?
    By: mark lewis to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 06 2018 06:52 pm

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very
    popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    you could have fooled me, my system and my other two backbone stars... ABLED is definitely listed in BACKBONE.NA... it is also listed in the echolist...

    Glad to hear it is back then.

    xxcarol
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    * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS telnet:\\shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)
  • From Flavio Bessa@4:801/189.1 to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri Jul 27 23:28:31 2018
    Hello Carol.

    06 May 18 10:20, you wrote to Aaron Tucker:

    Not much discussion here. I've also got a gastric pacemaker to
    stop pain from my stomach, since I don't digest food normally.
    It's a pain in the abdomen! Luckily, weed makes it all warm and
    fuzzy. Yay, Colorado!

    LOL, Hi Aaron, the place is slow because technically this once very popular echo doesn't exist on the 'backbone'.

    Most folks do not know it exists anymore.

    Really? Weird, because I am getting it at Z4, and here we usually have only the official echos...

    Flavio

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