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Subject: Re: Red Ryder Host Materials on GEnie?
Message-ID: <1987Mar27.105056.21447@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 10:50:56 EST
Article-I.D.: gpu.1987Mar27.105056.21447
Posted: Fri Mar 27 10:50:56 1987
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In article <1172@spice.cs.cmu.edu> tdn@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Newton) writes:
>>
>> Does anyone know whether there are any materials on GEnie pertaining to
>> Red Ryder Host by Scott Watson?
>>
>
>For some time, the program and documentation were available in the Freesoft
>Roundtable on GEnie for downloading by any registered user of Red Ryder who
>had a GEnie account.  Recently, though, Watson turned Red Ryder Host from a
>benefit of Red Ryder registration into a separate $60 product -- the people
>who were already using it and who had registered their BBS systems with him
>will be able to download updates, but new users must pay.
>
>                                        -- Thomas Newton

Is is Shareware, or is it commercial-only?
(shades of FEdit+ creeping in here -- perhaps Shareware really *is* dooomed...)
[btw, I registered for RR last summer, expecting to receive RR Host with it,
but didn't. I couldn't download it from GEnie because GEnie doesn't
have access from Canada (and still doesn't).  now I have to pay $60? 
forget it. ]
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