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From: stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
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Subject: Re: Multiuser BBS & HDSCAN/DISKTOP
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Date: 11 Jan 88 15:52:00 GMT
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[let's do lunch]

Wait wait wait!!  Instead of jumping all over someone (Neil in this case)
for not having a complete understanding of a system with which you've
worked for a couple years, why not make an effort to simply explain?
I suppose maybe it's because I remember my STadel roots because it wasn't
all that long ago that I first logged into Pell and uttered a few *eek!*s
myself.  Yes, folks!  I was one of those new users who G'd (Goto) every
room in the system.  (Mind you, this was in Pell's early days... which,
if I understand correctly, was the last time Neil really looked at STadel.)

STadel has changed a lot in this last year.  Even though the basic concept
remains the same, it has become much more friendly to the new user who 
takes the time to read the opening prompt of "[?]=menu, [H]=Help, [L]=Login".
I think most any new user can figure out what to do with those.  Seeing
as the resulting blurbs are user-defined, almost anything can go in them.

How about if we back off flamingat Neill?  Something tells me that flames
aren't going to endear STadel to the man's heart.  (Or anyone's for that
matter!  Who wants to try out a program where they may well get flamed
for not understanding something?!)  Instead, why not try to explain STadel
from concept to practical usage.  If nothing else, I think it reflects better
on the Citadel community as a whole.

Now... for those of you who are interested... (Neil?)  I am working on
(slowly but surely) a tutorial/blurb about Citadel/STadel.  Don't expect
it to be done in the next few days, but maybe in a week or two.  When
I'm finished, I will mail it out to those who are interested (Neil? *grin*)
or post it to the net if the size is not prohibitive and there is enough
interest.

Holly  (...!rutgers!indycms.bitnet!ihls400 or just IHLS400@INDYCMS.BITNET)

Have a day!