Fix for AOL text problems

As an AOL subscriber posting to the tuning forum I've been
frustrated by having my posts appear messed up in the
Tuning Digests. I've found that if I enter space then
carriage return by the time I've typed 72 characters in a line
my entry looks normal and the quotes and other
punctuation marks are transmitted as I've typed
them. It took me a while to discover this but it's
working well now. Let's see - (80 character line) -

xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
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Dave Hill, La Mesa, CA

>From: William Sethares
>
>I looked into this. One fact is that in order for Amazon to carry the
>CD, it must have a UPC code (so they can track their inventory).
>When I followed the UPC links, it looks like its easy to get a number,
>but it costs about $350 to become a "manufacturer" (six digits) and
>then you have access to five digits (10,000 different) individual product
>numbers.
>
>Since I am not currently planning to release 10,000 different CDs
>(in the near term) it made me wonder if maybe there would be a way
>to "go in on" a number with a few people, or to find someone who already
>has a UPC number and would be willing to share/sell/rent a number or two.
>
>Has anyone done this before?
>


Many of the larger CD makers provide a UPC code as part of their package at
no extra charge.

John Loffink
jloffink@pdq.net
http://freeweb.pdq.net/jloffink