> Is there anyone out there with a very capable computer who could port the
> daily list to GEnie email to send to the DGP and GDW people? I could theor-
> etically do it, but it would involve downloads and uploads with a 300 baud
> modem and transfer through a capture buffer of only 18K, which is a problem
> for the bigger mailings. Wilson?
Well, there are a few problems with this idea. I do have the
computers that can handle things like this . (Mac IIfx, with 9600 baud modem
to name one.) But the problem lies on the traffic generated from this.
First of all, DGP is devoting all their resources to AI project these days.
I don't think Joe (Fugate) login on GEnie daily anymore. It's more like
once every two three days. And In two to three days, about 10-15 messages
are generated. I don't really think Joe would have time to keep up with
the traffic. The same goes for GDW, actually, the problem is probably
worse with GDW. Loren Wisemen and Julia are the only two I know/talk
regularly there. Loren has his hands full with Twilight 2000, Merc 2000,
plus the upcoming projects. Julia has her hands full with the Challenge
magazine. I doubt they could keep up with the traffic, not to mention
neither of them are really traveller experts anyway. I don't know how often
Marc checks in, but I haven't seen posts from him in a long time. Also,
in doing this, that might generate the same conflict between us and DGP that
occured with HIWG and DGP, which I really don't want to go into detail.
Now Rob, don't get me wrong. I do think it's a great idea, but I just don't
think it will work in practice.