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  • RE: New Data Suggests 162

    From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to NIGHTFOX on Thu Apr 11 08:52:00 2019

    Honestly, I don't think many internet users these days even know what a BBS is,
    and most probably wouldn't care.
    I remember when Dialup became more popular around 1997 and i tried to call my 1996
    era user list to come back and many did not want to go back.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MATTHEW MUNSON on Thu Apr 11 10:40:29 2019
    Re: RE: New Data Suggests 162
    By: MATTHEW MUNSON to NIGHTFOX on Thu Apr 11 2019 08:52 am

    I remember when Dialup became more popular around 1997 and i tried to call my 1996 era user list to come back and many did not want to go back.

    Dialup became more popular in 1997? Compared to what? There weren't many alternatives to dialup at the time.

    Nightfox

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  • From Hustler@VERT/HAVENS to Nightfox on Sat Apr 13 10:05:16 2019
    Re: RE: New Data Suggests 162
    By: Nightfox to MATTHEW MUNSON on Thu Apr 11 2019 10:40 am

    I remember when Dialup became more popular around 1997 and i tried

    Speaking of Dialup I didn't have as much connectivity problems as I have with wifi and broadband. Even when the power went out I still could get online. That is until the laptop battery died. I wonder if people would be more interested in the BBS if they couldn't logon to facebook?

    Hustler

    Regards,
    HusTler

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  • From dmxrob@VERT/STLWEST to Hustler on Sat Apr 13 12:20:13 2019
    Re: RE: New Data Suggests 162
    By: Hustler to Nightfox on Sat Apr 13 2019 10:05 am

    Speaking of Dialup I didn't have as much connectivity problems as I have with wifi and broadband. Even when the power went out I still could get online. That is until the laptop battery died. I wonder if people would be

    Thanks to the foresight and technology of Ma Bell. Phone lines were/are powered from the Central Office (CO). 50-60 volts DC always coming down that line, more when it was ringing. Designed to withstand natural disasters to keep communications alive.

    I miss the technology of Ma Bell.

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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to NIGHTFOX on Sat Apr 13 02:26:00 2019
    On 4/11/2019 10:40 AM, NIGHTFOX wrote to MATTHEW MUNSON:

    Re: RE: New Data Suggests 162
    By: MATTHEW MUNSON to NIGHTFOX on Thu Apr 11 2019 08:52 am

    I remember when Dialup became more popular around 1997 and i tried to call
    my 1996 era user list to come back and many did not want to go back.

    Dialup became more popular in 1997? Compared to what? There weren't many alternatives to dialup at the time.
    Compared to just visiting your lineup of 25-60 bbses on your dialing directory.

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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@VERT/OTHETA to NIGHTFOX on Sat Apr 20 08:00:00 2019
    NIGHTFOX wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

    BBSing was sort of a magical cross-roads of time, people and
    circumstance back in the 90s, I can see how people wouldn't want to be disappointed trying to re-create it once they'd moved on.

    That's probably true. Telnet BBSes bring back a lot of the nostalgia,
    but it's still not quite the same experience as dialing up over a phone line. I think what makes a difference is these days, anyone can connect
    to a telnet BBS anywhere, and there are a lot fewer BBSes these days
    than there used to be.

    Agreed - and now with telnet there is no more long distance to worry
    about, so ANY BBS can be your HOME BBS. Back in the day, I had about 4
    I could call for a local phone call. One of them was the first in the
    area, but another one became the HOME one because they had more
    echonets than the others.

    None of them had FIDO, so I didn't know what that was for a LONG
    time. There was a board that was a long distance call for me that
    had it, so I didn't know aobut it of course.

    I think part of the thing that made BBSes fun back in the day was the circumstance and creativity it took to make it happen. Home computers
    had become a new thing, land phone lines were a common way to call
    people, and someone had the idea of making a modem to allow computers
    to communicate with each other over phone lines. Then someone (was
    Ward Christiansen the first?) had the idea of making a BBS, and the
    scene started from there.

    Exactly! There was a certain charm to it that is not there today. Same
    with geocaching and having to download the coordinates then upload them
    to a handheld device. I had to make my own cable for that. :-) Or
    punch them in by hand. Now my iPhone has the 'app' so I can geocache
    anywhere and anytime. Convenient, yes, but no 'charm.'

    I've also become a HAM ticket holder in the last few years. I wasn't
    around back in the day, but I can see where the charm used to be for
    that too. Now I have a guy in another town wanting to try echonet.
    We have been using Facebook to try and set up a time to connect for
    him to see it in action. I would be using my laptop or iPhone, and
    I think he's using his smart phone as well. We could just call each
    other or even video chat, so why do we even bother? LOL For the
    novelty of it...




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  • From Ed Vance@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Riprod on Sat Aug 10 21:23:00 2019
    08-10-19 15:16 Riprod wrote to Zombie Mambo about Re: New Data Suggests 162 Howdy! Riprod

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    Re: Re: New Data Suggests 162M Am
    By: Zombie Mambo to Vk3jed on Wed Jul 24 2019 09:55 am

    This made me laugh because within the past two weeks I've purchased a used Vic-20, got a vicModem for it, tape recorder, and a bunch of modules/cassettes... One of the cassettes was the original VicTerm.

    This sounds super fun.

    I'm embarking on my own little journey into C64 nostalgia. I have the
    C64 and a couple of 1541 drives. Currently trying to just get a video signal out to a TV. I have the 8-pin DIN to RCA cable, which is plugged into an RCA/S-Video to HDMI converter box. Currently just get the
    default output from the box to screen but no signal from the computer.

    The troubleshooting begins! :)

    Try looking at http://zimmers.net for help.

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .

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