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Hello Wilfred!

Tuesday December 13 2022 09:20, you wrote to me:


 > *** Answering a msg posted in area FTSC_PUBLIC.

 > Hi Vincent,

 > On 2022-12-12 15:20:23, you wrote to All:

 VC>> Within the descriptions folder, are currently two folders called
 VC>> FIDO and FSXNET (with more added as other networks include their
 VC>> networks echo areas) that contain the descriptions for each echo
 VC>> such as 'FIDO/MBSE.DES and each, has line by line the details,
 VC>> where each line is a maximum of 75 character to a maximum of 15
 VC>> lines.

 > Will your software break if there are 76 characters on a line, of more
 > then 15 lines? ;-)

Anything over 75 chars will be truncated and more than 15 lines ignored.

 > Why any limits at all?

The limits are because of the historical limits on BBS systems.

Otherwise there is no need for them.

Not sure there is a reason to have more than 15 lines though, but there could
be, it would be easy enough to do (one minor change).

Lets face it most BBS callers do not read beyond five or so lines and not much
more for rules content, if they look at all.

Likewise characters per line.

So BBS users, what are the limits on YOUR bbs and include name and version
numbers AND what will happen if a limit is exceeded ?


Vincent

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