Well Unix
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I know Unix quite well, but it's the top layer of the Well that stifles me. I
hate memorizing N different command sets for N networks. For a while, I swear
it wasn't updating my Amiga conference .xxrc or whatever, and I'd have to read
everything over again, and CTRL/O out of each thread.
What I really need for the Well is a good set of .rc files that will set me up
to tour the Amiga conference, and not leave me in that stupid conferencing
software.
(I must confess, Compuserve's message base structure is the best I've seen on a
major network, in that I can usually read what I want in a reasonable fashion.
The biggest problem is the fast message base roll-over. It forces you to spend
money, often and early.)
I've used the shell escapes. My biggest problem is that I am used to a crafted
and hacked 4.3 BSD that ran on UW-Madison's university VAXen. What version is
the Well running? 4.3 I bet, huh? 🙂 I downloaded the giant Well manual,
and printed it, but what I need is more time, and less 100 page manuals, and
some nice .rc files.