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Re: is manual keying mandatory (fwd)

"Larry Backman" <backman@cportcorp.com> Thu, 19 March 1998 16:41 UTC

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From: Larry Backman <backman@cportcorp.com>
To: perry@piermont.com, Jackie Wilson <jhwilson@austin.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: is manual keying mandatory (fwd)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:51 -0500
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>> In a few years it could probably be phased out.
>
>I would be very against *ever* phasing out support for manual keying.
>


Loud agreement.  Manual keying is akin to having a ping and traceroute in
ones application toolbox.  When things go wrong its good to have simple
tools and a least common denominator by which those simple tools can be
used....


L.

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