Tony,

I didn't start BBSing until the early 90s, after I moved to the city. Slow V>modem speeds and high LD charges would have made using BBSs prohibitively V>expensive, let alone running one out of town.

I started accessing BBSing in the mid 1980's...then started my own on
a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 laptop in December, 1990 -- and went to
an IBM system in May, 1992...when The Thunderbolt BBS came online.

At one time, there were at least a dozen BBS's in Little Rock...my
BBS, and one other BBS (both running Synchronet) are the only 2 BBS's
that are left in Arkansas.

I ended up finding a niche in the early 90s, as one of the broadest messaging V>BBSs in the city, possibly the country. We eventually imported several nets

I added a bulletin online on the "long gone BBS's" in the
state...thinking back, it brought back some memories.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-

I started accessing BBSing in the mid 1980's...then started my own on
a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 laptop in December, 1990 -- and went to
an IBM system in May, 1992...when The Thunderbolt BBS came online.

I would have used BBSs earlier, if I had the opportunity. I had read about them for years, and loved the concept.

At one time, there were at least a dozen BBS's in Little Rock...my
BBS, and one other BBS (both running Synchronet) are the only 2 BBS's
that are left in Arkansas.

Melbourne had dozens upon dozens. The city had 4 nets in Fidonet, noe there appears to be only one which covers a _much_ larger geographic area.

I ended up finding a niche in the early 90s, as one of the broadest

essaging

BBSs in the city, possibly the country. We eventually imported several nets

I added a bulletin online on the "long gone BBS's" in the state...thinking back, it brought back some memories.

Well, I've resurrected my systems in name, though I'll probably never get back the breadth of messaging we used to have.


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Tony,

I would have used BBSs earlier, if I had the opportunity. I had read about V>them for years, and loved the concept.

What I liked were the monthly face to face meetings of users and
Sysops at local restaurants. You got to put names to faces, etc. At one
meeting (I'd say 25 years ago), this Sysop had a brand new laptop
computer, and as he took it out of its case, and opened it up, all
conversation in the meeting room STOPPED -- and ell eyes GRAVITATED
toward the new laptop!! <G>

Melbourne had dozens upon dozens. The city had 4 nets in Fidonet, noe there V>appears to be only one which covers a _much_ larger geographic area.

The bulletin I created on the BBS was from data from my personal
memories, and a long gone FIDONet nodelist for the Little Rock area
FIDONet (Net 3821). Every BBS in that bulletin shut down long ago...and
the Sysops either moved away, or have died.

Well, I've resurrected my systems in name, though I'll probably never get bac V>the breadth of messaging we used to have.

I had thought a few times about shutting it down, but never completely
did.

... Earth is 98% full. Please delete anyone you can.

Can we start with the politicians??!! :P

That's like the skit on The Burns And Allen Show...where the late
George Burns, and his late wife, Gracie Allen, were on there...and in
the episode, Gracie is talking to an agent from the Internal Revenue
Service (more appropriately...THEIRS...which is how they think of the
money <G>). Anyway, Gracie asked the I.R.S. agent if members of the U.S. Congress could be considered as "dependents". When the I.R.S. agent said
"Yes, they can"...Gracie asked "Can we deduct them??!!". The look on
both the I.R.S. agent's face...and George Burns' face...was priceless!!


Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-

What I liked were the monthly face to face meetings of users and
Sysops at local restaurants. You got to put names to faces, etc. At one meeting (I'd say 25 years ago), this Sysop had a brand new laptop computer, and as he took it out of its case, and opened it up, all conversation in the meeting room STOPPED -- and ell eyes GRAVITATED
toward the new laptop!! <G>

I bet! I went to a couple of sysop meets, though ours weren't regular.

I had thought a few times about shutting it down, but never
completely did.

I'm glad I resurrected my system.

... Earth is 98% full. Please delete anyone you can.

Can we start with the politicians??!! :P

LOL yep.

Grow your own dope - plant a politician. :D


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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet and c
By: Ennev to Vk3jed on Sat Jan 20 2018 10:14 am

where up already and I woudln't have filled a gap. Was already using PF>En> CompuServe ( 70745,1142 ) so I was less attracted to look out for bbses,

75300,1375. Isn't it funny how those IDs stick in your head? I worked for a PF>company with a support forum on Compuserve, so we got 3 unmetered accounts. PF>was a Netware admin at the time and all of Novell's support was on CIS back PF>then...

Mine was 72716,2110 -- and I was on it for the longest time. I even
had programs that I had downloaded from the Model 100 TRS-80 laptop
forum to connect to CIS forums, or to BBS's, etc. and have Xmodem file transfers...plus 2 programs to run a BBS on the Model 100...which I did
for about a year and a half, before The Thunderbolt BBS started. Those
files are still online here for download.

Daryl

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biggest douchebag, btw

Oh yeah !

But it's like a train wreck, you can't stop watching.

Now he's suing Twitter, probably a last ditch effort to get bought or to close with some money in his pocket.

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Re: Uncle Leo
By: Ennev to MRO on Tue Jan 23 2018 08:18 am

biggest douchebag, btw

Oh yeah !

But it's like a train wreck, you can't stop watching.

Now he's suing Twitter, probably a last ditch effort to get bought or to close with some money in his pocket.

i dont think people can confuse TWIT with twitter because they're two entirely different things. i know he's just trying to get a buck, though.
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I would have used BBSs earlier, if I had the opportunity. I had read about them for years, and loved the concept.

I'm the same way. Too young to have BBS'd originally. I came up with message boards, but those are a thing of the past now too. I had a long running
message board that I still followed (from 2006 or so) that shut down last
year finally. It was just a small group of guys who transitioned to Discord. Not quite the same feel! I feel like I grew up at the wrong time, just ten years too late, to get in on the ground floor of the pre-internet days.

I think I hear sometime Leo Laporte say his from time to time on his network. It got really in our heads. Usernames? you where a number :-)

biggest douchebag, btw

You mean the radio host?

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naga wrote to Vk3jed <=-

@VIA: VERT/ABINARY

I would have used BBSs earlier, if I had the opportunity. I had read about them for years, and loved the concept.

I'm the same way. Too young to have BBS'd originally. I came up with message boards, but those are a thing of the past now too. I had a long running message board that I still followed (from 2006 or so) that shut down last year finally. It was just a small group of guys who
transitioned to Discord. Not quite the same feel! I feel like I grew up
at the wrong time, just ten years too late, to get in on the ground
floor of the pre-internet days.

I was old enough, but had to wait until 1991. BBSs were huge through most of the 1990s, which is when the Fidonet nodelist peaked in size (at over 35,000 nodes). I was on BBSs exclusively from 1991 - 1994, then spent time on both BBSs and the Internet until 1998, I think. I did maintain the original version of Freeway (as an Internet gateway to read my email and newsgroups) until HTML mail and increasing numbers of attachments in the early 2000s made that impractical.

BBSs were a LOT of fun in the early 1990s. Still are today, though it's a pity messaging hasn't come back. Still a nicer medium for reading messages than the modern stuff.


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i dont think people can confuse TWIT with twitter because they're two entirely different things. i know he's just trying to get a buck, though.

We see more and more show cancelled, I guess they need the money.

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I'm the same way. Too young to have BBS'd originally. I came up with
message boards, but those are a thing of the past now too. I had a long running message board that I still followed (from 2006 or so) that shut
down last year finally. It was just a small group of guys who transitioned to Discord. Not quite the same feel! I feel like I grew up at the wrong time, just ten years too late, to get in on the ground floor of the pre-internet days.

Glad that you are keeping the flame.

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Vk3jed to naga on Wed Jan 24 2018 20:16:00

BBSs were a LOT of fun in the early 1990s. Still are today, though it's a pity messaging hasn't come back. Still a nicer medium for reading messages than the modern stuff.

Absolutely true... I thought in this modern era I check the options I have for running BBS and found reading old style messages relaxing...

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Hawkeye wrote to Vk3jed <=-

BBSs were a LOT of fun in the early 1990s. Still are today, though it's a pity messaging hasn't come back. Still a nicer medium for reading messages than the modern stuff.

Absolutely true... I thought in this modern era I check the options I
have for running BBS and found reading old style messages relaxing...

Sure is! :) New messages on forums and even Facebook are like "Oh shit, not another one to wade through!". On a BBS, it's "Oh goody, new mail!". :D


... A self-starting oscillator won't.
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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Matthew Munson to MRO on Tue Jan 23 2018 10:59 am

I think I hear sometime Leo Laporte say his from time to time on
his network. It got really in our heads. Usernames? you where a

biggest douchebag, btw

You mean the radio host?

Listening to Leo Laporte put's me to sleep <yawn>

"... "Friends help you. Real Friends help you bury dead bodies.""

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posted name and address with a request for donations. It paid the phone bill.

I've had some donations to register doors, and get equipment (back in
the dial-up modem days), but those were few and far between. I tell
folks that "Donations Are Voluntary, Not Tax Deductible, and
Non-Refundable".

Daryl

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Tony,

Sure is! :) New messages on forums and even Facebook are like "Oh shit, not V>another one to wade through!". On a BBS, it's "Oh goody, new mail!". :D

Especially when one gets a fat QWK packet. <G>

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-

@VIA: VERT/TBOLT
Tony,

Sure is! :) New messages on forums and even Facebook are like "Oh shit, not
another one to wade through!". On a BBS, it's "Oh goody, new mail!". :D

Especially when one gets a fat QWK packet. <G>

They're the best! I used to add echoes when I was sick, just to have more mail to read, back in the old days. :)


... Buy only cured hams, the sick ones are not good for you.
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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Denn to Matthew Munson on Wed Jan 24 2018 10:33 pm

Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Matthew Munson to MRO on Tue Jan 23 2018 10:59 am

I think I hear sometime Leo Laporte say his from time to time on
his network. It got really in our heads. Usernames? you where a

biggest douchebag, btw

You mean the radio host?

Listening to Leo Laporte put's me to sleep <yawn>

i love it when he had his various perverted blunders on-air
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i love it when he had his various perverted blunders on-air

You never know what you'll get when he share his screen :-D

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: MRO to Denn on Fri Jan 26 2018 02:05 am

Listening to Leo Laporte put's me to sleep <yawn>

i love it when he had his various perverted blunders on-air

Other than messages to his girlfriend (now wife), what are you talking about?

With the sheer number of podcasts out there now-days, The stuff Leo has accidentally broadcast is tame.

DaiTengu

... Is man one of God's blunders or is god one of Man's blunders?

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With the sheer number of podcasts out there now-days, The stuff Leo has accidentally broadcast is tame.

Like pictures of his dick ? He actually did that.

Was explaining the new photo apps for the mac and opened it up. Let's say that windows got closed fast.

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Ennev to MRO on Fri Jan 26 2018 07:23 am

i love it when he had his various perverted blunders on-air

You never know what you'll get when he share his screen :-D

oh myyyy forgot i had all those directories with my dick pics.
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Ennev wrote to DaiTengu <=-

Like pictures of his dick ? He actually did that.

Was explaining the new photo apps for the mac and opened it up. Let's
say that windows got closed fast.

ROFLMAO!!!!!


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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Ennev to DaiTengu on Fri Jan 26 2018 02:25 pm

With the sheer number of podcasts out there now-days, The stuff Leo
has accidentally broadcast is tame.

Like pictures of his dick ? He actually did that.

Was explaining the new photo apps for the mac and opened it up. Let's say that windows got closed fast.

I kinda stopped paying attention to him 5+ years ago, that was when the "dirty text messages to his producer" thing was the big scandal.

I'm kinda glad I did, now.

DaiTengu

... The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

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I kinda stopped paying attention to him 5+ years ago, that was when the "dirty text messages to his producer" thing was the big scandal.

I'm kinda glad I did, now.

What I watch is not for him, like macbreak, it's for the other hosts.

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: DaiTengu to Ennev on Fri Jan 26 2018 10:50 pm

Like pictures of his dick ? He actually did that.

Does that make leo a dick?
does Leo have a friend named Anthony?

"... (o)(o)....(_|_) Stop looking at my BUM !!"

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Ennev to DaiTengu on Sat Jan 27 2018 10:59 am

What I watch is not for him, like macbreak, it's for the other hosts.

I used to listen to "This week in Radio Tech", but it was cancelled in 2012.

DaiTengu

... I used to get high on life but lately I've built up a resistance.

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I used to listen to "This week in Radio Tech", but it was cancelled in 2012.

Yes shows are getting axe one by one.

It's like highlander, there can be only one :-)

just sad because they don't allays been kept alive by former host.

Like that the GizWiz went independent. I'm sure they doing better like that.

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Re: Re: BBSes, the internet a
By: Ennev to DaiTengu on Sun Jan 28 2018 03:23 pm

Yes shows are getting axe one by one.

It's like highlander, there can be only one :-)

just sad because they don't allays been kept alive by former host.

Like that the GizWiz went independent. I'm sure they doing better like that.

For the most part, other than Neil DeGrasse Tyson's "StarTalk", most of the podcasts I listen to are on the Maximum Fun network (www.maximumfun.org)

DaiTengu

... When one connects a 3-phase line, the phase sequence will be wrong.

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