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Message no. 1
From: Steve Collins <steve_collins@********.ALEWIFE.KODAK.COM>
Subject: Re: Fantasy Games Conspirac
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 08:12:03 U
Mail*Link® SMTP RE>>Fantasy Games Conspiracy Theory


>|Probably not.
>|Is it weird that successful SF RPG companies would suddenly find an urge =
=
>|to get into the TSR dominated fantasy games market, with the very real
>|possibility of losing a TON of =A5?
>
>Errrrr. What's a ton of =a5??

That was the symbol for Yen on my system you must either not have the font =
or your mailer must not have been able to convert it.
Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Fantasy Games Conspirac
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:53:51 +0000
|>|Probably not.
|>|Is it weird that successful SF RPG companies would suddenly find an urge =
|=
|>|to get into the TSR dominated fantasy games market, with the very real
|>|possibility of losing a TON of =A5?
|>
|>Errrrr. What's a ton of =a5??
|
|That was the symbol for Yen on my system you must either not have the font =
|or your mailer must not have been able to convert it.

Hardly surprising, consisering that ASCII codes are from 0 to 127, and the
nuyen symbol is 157 (or something)

Stick to ASCII please? That way, MIME won't be activated, which is a pain in
the bum most of the time....
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