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From:	"Mike Powell" <ccoky AT iglou DOT com>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Simtel
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Date:	Wednesday, 02 Feb 2005 12:37:00 -500
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X-Fido-To:	Paul O. Bartlett
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Originally to: Paul O. Bartlett

>    When I checked a few days ago Simtel was still accessible in text
>mode through ftp.  However, you have to know what you're looking for,
>or be able to guess from bare names, because the 00README files giving
>one liners abut every file in a directory are no longer there.  I agree
>that it is a shame, because Simtel used to be such a valuable resource.
>Over the years I downloaded gobs of software from there.  (The website
>truly sucks big time and seems not to care about DOS anymore.)

I have some of their DOS shareware CD releases available for browsing
on my BBS.  I have a plan to eventually get all the ones I have online, but
have not yet figured out how to get Desqview & my BBS software to run under
MS-DOS networking.

Mike
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