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From: jborza%burgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Magazine IRS (was "...(BUFFERS=)")
Summary: Uh, Uuuuh!
Message-ID: <87884@sun.uucp>
Date: 1 Feb 89 17:11:12 GMT
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In article <41.23E6AB8B@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>, mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
> 
> In article <87555@sun.uucp>, jborza%durgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza) writes:
>  > PC Magazine published a utility named DCACHE.COM which can be downloaded
>  > from their Interactive Reader Service BBS in either source (.ASM) or
>  > binary (.COM).  Their number is (212) 696-0360.  1200/2400 N,8,1 
>  > (Xmodem).
> 
> The PC Magazine IRS is no longer up.  It has been replaced with PC MagNet, 
> which is (unfortunately) offered through CompuServe.  Which means you have 
> to pay the Tymnet or Telenet charges (or the LD charges if you dial direct), 
> plus the CompuServe charges.  Ungh.  Anyway, instructions for joining PC 
> MagNet can be found in the Utilities or PC Lab Notes column of any 
> recent issue of PC Magazine (in the Productivity section).
> Marc Unangst

Au contraire, sir.  They (PC Mag.) DID shut-down their West Coast number but
the N.Y. City number was still up as of 1/28 (Sat) when I downloaded SMOOTH.ASM
from a recent issue.  I'll continue to use the NY number as long as it's
still working, even though the call is $3-4.  That investment is a LOT cheap-
er than paying Compu$erve their #/flesh.  I'm certain the mag. wants to
soft-pedal the continued existence of the IRS but someone there (hooray!)
is keeping it running.  Use it sparingly (late night, weekends) and it's
a bargain!  P.S. for what it's worth, I use Sprint on those LD calls at 2400
baud and have NEVER lost the connection.
Jim Borza - Sun Microsystems, Milpitas, Calif.

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