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   Kelvin Sherlock to D Finnigan   
   Re: Newsreader for GNO/ME, was Re: Googl   
   25 Dec 23 02:21:57   
   
   From: kelvin@pro-kegs.uucp   
      
   That reminds me... about 25 years ago I fortuitously found a unix   
   utility named uqwk which would generate a qwk file of usenet posts.   
   qwk was some sort of offline-mail system used by some BBSes and there   
   were a couple Apple II qwk readers, 2qwk! perhaps being the best known.   
      
   In  D Finnigan  writes:   
      
   >D Finnigan wrote:   
   >>   
   >> There might have been an even older newsreader than ran under GNO/ME, but   
   >> I   
   >> may be mistaken. Can a GNO person confirm?   
   >>   
   >   
   >Today, I am that GNO person, and I found it. :-)   
   >It's called MuGS, released 1994, "A passive NNTP newsreader for use with   
   >ProLine, GNO or other."   
   >   
   >https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=11302   
   >   
   >--   
   >]DF$   
   >The New Apple II User's Guide:   
   >https://macgui.com/newa2guide/   
      
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