Scripted downloads were very popular back in the BBS days, to avoid long
distance charges. Of course, that was back when we all had metered
telephone service. There were batch download client programs for many of
the popular BBS systems such as PC Board and TBBS.
ProComm Plus was a great software package in its day.
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Richard Cuff wrote:
I remember writing a script in my modem software (ProComm 2.4.3...had to
look it up...) that would dial up CompuServe, check the AP News headlines,
download the latest hour's news, check for e-mail, download it, and log
off. Typically in a minute or two. It was all text, of course....
Richard Cuff reminiscing in Allentown, PA
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote:
The one upside we have is that metered usage was the norm in the
very early internet days (remember CompuServe per minute
pricing?). Customers hated it and eventually every major ISP at
the time abandoned it.
--
For better security, ask for my GPG public key.
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