This directory contains archives from the phil-counsel mailing list.  

IMPORTANT NOTE: The archive files (inside the .ZIP files) were
prepared with for reading with a qwk-format offline reader. See
notes below.

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.

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