AAAPCP+/PC-Pursuit Newsletter
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                            Written By Paul Johnson
                        (Author AAAPCP+, and almost CAP)
                                    01-29-89

              The price increase is affecting almost every facet of
         hobbyist telecommunications.  EchoMail, RelayMail, FidoNet,
         PC-Pursuit users, hobbyists, availability of files,
         transportation of files, messages, electronic mail, Exec-PC,
         Portal, People Link, and the base of the shareware concept
         will all be affected.  People who never even knew PC-Pursuit
         existed, will be cursing Telenet as the flow of files and
         messages slow to their local bulletin boards.  PC-Pursuiters
         under the PC-Pursuit environment created by Telenet thrived
         and created many free services.  Now Telenet drastically
         raises the price.
              I was writing a terminal program, Computer Aided Pursuit
         (CAP), to replace PCPLUS/AAAPCP+/ICEX combination that would
         have completely automated the use of PC-Pursuit, when I heard
         about the price increase.  I called a connection at Telenet,
         confirmed that nothing could be done to change their minds,
         then severed that connection.
              Later the same day I began negotiations with Tymnet to
         start a service like PC-Pursuit called US-Access.  With the
         information we give Tymnet, they may set up a service that
         will make us happier.  If you wish to help, please fill out
         and mail the Tymnet questionnaire included in this archive as
         PCPTYMNT.TXT.  Get as many people as you can to do the same.
         With our help we may get our wish and tell Telenet what they
         can do with their new version of PC-Pursuit.

              Many of my local users have asked what alternatives are
         available to PC-Pursuit.  If Tymnet sets up a service, it
         will be the best alternative, and the competition may drop
         Telenet's price.  Buying a USRobotics Courier HST from a mail
         order house for about $630.00 and using it to connect to
         selected HST 9600/19200 baud systems via AT&T Reach Out
         America Plan in the early morning hours can be highly cost
         effective.  The HST provides 1100 to 1740 cps transfer rates
         over AT&T lines.  If you compare these to the cps rates you
         have encountered over PC-Pursuit, I think you will come to
         the same conclusion I did, and buy an HST.  I have begun
         collecting HST board lists over PC-Pursuit in preparation for
         D-Day.  I would suggest that you do the same.

              PC-Pursuit support software such as APCP, AAAPCP+, ICEX,
         and a whole slew of other shareware products that make our
         use of PC-Pursuit easier will be outdated when Telenet
         consolidates the /3, /12 and /24 ports into one.  Very few,
         if any, authors will want to spend $4.50 and $7.50 an hour to
         test and debug software for our use, leaving nothing for us
         to use.  AAAPCP+ might have releases after the consolidation
         of the ports.  I am not sure if anyone will be around to use
         it.  I know I will not have an account on PC-Pursuit to test
         it.  Nevertheless, I wish those of you who stay on after May
         the best of luck in your pursuits and hope to see you on
         Tymnet some day if all goes well.


         Long Live The Hobbyist,

              Paul Johnson