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From: GPWRDCS@gp.govt.nz (Don Stokes, GPO)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: Reading news in a thunderstorm is hazardous.
Message-ID: <97@gp.govt.nz>
Date: 4 Aug 89 04:02:47 GMT
References: <430@decus.com.au>
Organization: Government Printing Office, Wellington, New Zealand
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In article <430@decus.com.au>, sutton@decus.com.au (Colin Sutton) writes:
> I am always on teneterhooks reading news from home via dial-up modem,
> because if the line goes down, all the items I read are now unread again -
> and since people are often unimaginative with subjects, and my memory for
> item numbers is limited, I have to re-read lots of news. Not to mention I
> forget which newsgroups I have read. 

You could always enable virtual terminals, so that when the line does go 
down, your process hangs around, secured by the fact the virtual terminal 
has disconnected from the physical line (ie you have to re-enter your 
username/password before you get an opportunity to log back on).

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