Re: Yarn 95

From: Kataman (kataman@inorbit.com)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 18:17:48 -0500

Well, Ben you explained what I was missing. Thanks. I wasn't
asking for it to be GUI, though what is wrong with that? I just wanted
to know what differences there were, since none were apparent. I will
be dropping IE4 from my computer and therefore am in need of
replacements for the News and Email. For Email I'll probably go with
Pegasus, nice, cheap [free] and integrates PGP5.0

Quick question, UQWK, is that working on Windows95?

Kat Freyson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben C. O. Grimm - Libertatis Praesidium NL -
<BenGrimm@xs4all.nl>
To: yarn-list@lists.colorado.edu <yarn-list@lists.colorado.edu>
Date: Sunday, December 28, 1997 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Yarn 95

What you are missing is the fact that Windows95 does not automatically
mean
'Graphical User Interface'. Yarn95 takes advantage of the flat memory
model
(not limited to 640K base memory) and it can handle long filenames, so
you
can name a folder 'Mail from John', in stead of 'mailjohn' or
'johnmail'.
If you're looking for a GUI for Yarn ... why? Its basic simplicity is
what