This directory contains archives from the leo-strauss slow

reading list.  



IMPORTANT NOTE: These archive files were compiled using the qwk

message packet compiling facility of my BBS and are intended to be

read by means of a qwk format offline reader (see notes below).

However, for the first 6 files, in order to prevent file corruption

when files are retrieved via web browsers which treat files with qw*

extensions as text files, I have renamed the QWK files by giving

them the zip extension. Before attempting to unpack those files with

your offline reader, I recommend renaming them to remove the .zip

extension. For example, L-STRQW0.ZIP should be renamed STRAUSS.QW0.

(This renaming is unnecessary if your offline reader can be

configured to recognize and unpack files with the .zip extension.)

Starting with L-STRQW5.ZIP, I adopted a different strategy -- I

enlosed each of those files within a .zip "envelope." With those

files, therefore, instead of renaming them, simply extract the

contained qwk-format file and open that with your offline reader.





Notes:



1. All of these files have been compressed using the pkzip

v.2.04g format.



2. Note that these are binary files and the ftp transfer must be

done with type set to I for binary file transfer. Also note that Netscape may not correctly recognize the file type.  I recommend downloading them with Internet Explorer, which will correctly recognize the file type if you set "zip" and "qwk" as binary filetypes.



3. As mentioned above, the files with the extension .qw* are 

compressed, qwk-format packets, designed to be read using a qwk 

format offline reader.  If you do not have such a reader, the files 

can still be read by unzipping the file with pkunzip or the 

equivalent and extracting the file entitled messages.dat, which can 

be read with any text editor or word processor capable of reading 

ascii text.  However, the messages.dat file may be difficult to read

without a little reformatting, and I strongly recommend using an 

offline reader instead.  QWK readers are among the little miracles 

of BBS technology.  There are many different qwk readers available, 

the majority for DOS, but they also exist for Windows, OS/2 and 

Macintosh -- some free, the majority shareware. If necessary, I can 

supply some, but I would prefer not to, since they are readily 

available from the online services and from various internet 

software archive sites.  My recommendations are:



The best qwk reader, in my opinion, is Blue Wave.  It is available 

in versions for DOS and OS/2.  It is shareware.  There is a very 

serviceable freeware qwk reader for DOS called OLX-TD.  For the 

Macintosh, the best qwk reader is Alice, and there is another one 

that is quite good, but slower, called Freddie.  (In the Macintosh

world you relate to software on a first name basis, since the

programs are supposed to be your friends.)  The best Windows qwk

reader is Uniqwk (v.3.0 is the latest one I have seen, although

there may be a later version). I have provided a few qwk readers

here in the "qwk-readers" subdirectory.



4. If you have any problem downloading or uncompressing the files, 

or finding and using a qwk reader, please contact me at:

lance@freelance.com or call the BBS at: 201-963-6019



Lance Fletcher

3-6-95