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Subject: Re: Discontinuation of Info-Atari16 digests
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Hello,

In Info-Atari16 Digest #234,
zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!dyer@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Jon Brode) writes:
>Y'know, back in August when it was announced that info-atari16 would be
>discontinued because score was being retired, both Howard Chu and I sent
>messages to Ravi volunteering to take over the list. Neither of us ever
>received a reply...

I wouldn't blame Ravi for this.  Many reasons could be found to explain the
loss of your messages.  I have dared to use this group to reach people I could
not mail directly, maybe you should have, too.

>Well, if its not too much trouble for the person who is currently running
>it to contact me, I think we may still be able to set it up on terminator.

That would be VERY nice.  Maybe something good comes from my flame after all.

>Jon Brode  --  dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu               Boycott Apple!
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   I will.

Also, naucse!tar@arizona.edu  (Tim Roeder) says:

>     I agree that some of the 'discussions' are not very worthwhile,
>though I would think that the one related to the 'PHANTOM TYPIST' isn't
>too out of line.  It may help to find out the culprit and get it fixed.

I didn't mean to pick on those who took part in that discussion.  It just so
happened to be the one I was second-least interested in.  Sorry.

>(I said)
>> Or am I missing something??  Flame away.
>
>     You may indeed be missing something <no flame intended>.  I've been
>quietly bothering my System Administrator to finish our Internet link so
>that our site can be the host for INFO-ATARI16.  Ravi (et al) have been
>informed of my efforts, and have expressed hope that within a few weeks
>the move can be accomplished.
>
>     I apologize to Ravi, etc. if my response to this is somewhat
>premature.  I hadn't said anything about this before because I thought
>it would be imprudent to raise everyone's hopes while everything was
>still a bit 'iffy'.  However, I felt the need to respond to Volker's
>post.  My apologies to anyone who might be offended.

Thanks for responding.  So it seems that there are several possible options
for digest takeover ... this makes me feel better.

   Finally, a word of thanks to those who sent me personal mail. Not one flame,
all 6 messages agreed with me (Russ Evans suggested I should mention this :-).
Also, thanks for your msg to John R. Dunning, and I hope you feel a little less
discouraged now.

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