Subj : Re: %HELP ?
To   : Wilfred Van Velzen
From : Nick Andre
Date : Wed Jan 18 2017 12:28 pm

On 18 Jan 17  17:48:07, Wilfred Van Velzen said the following to Nick Andre:

WV>  NA> and D'Bridge was published at a time before this was proposed. I
WV>  NA> believe Greg Dawson designed the original specification.
WV>
WV> I have this one saved:
WV>
WV>                               AreaFix v1.30 User Guide
WV>                           originally by Jeffrey J. Nonken
WV>
WV> That's used by Bjorn. He called it the original AreaFix. It works about the
WV> same as d'Bridge with options (like -R -L and -Q) on the command line after
WV> the password.

I don't have specific version info but Greg Dawson was credited for Areafix in
D'Bridge, circa 1989, and the -R -L and -Q was also used in TBBS/Flame; at one
time used by many major Hubs in Zone 1 in the 90's.

WV>  NA> There are quite a few legacy tossers that do not conform to this
WV>  NA> proposal.
WV>
WV> I know BBBS is a bit different, but I have no link with a BBBS system, so I
WV> don't know the details. But besides those above I don't know any that don't
WV> conform more or less to the method described in the fsc proposal.

See above,

Nick

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