Hey dizzy, I lurk here and visit mrc chat from time to time. I don't see your board on bbstelnetguide, what its address? play any door games? I'm posting from archaicbinary but am also on neo-vintage.
he was posting from
mortalbbs.com
Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/
I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?
Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/
I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P
Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/
I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?
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Re: Hello World!
By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01
Hi Dizzy and welcome,
Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P
I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out
MRO wrote to GenFx <=-
Re: Hello World!
By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm
Re: Hello World!
By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01
Hi Dizzy and welcome,
Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P
you should set your bbs from line
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MRO wrote to GenFx <=-
Re: Hello World!
By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm
Re: Hello World!
By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01
Hi Dizzy and welcome,
Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P
you should set your bbs from line
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wait, what is that? how would you set that
Nightfox wrote to candycane <=-
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 2023 01:52 pm
I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out
BBSes originally weren't connected to the internet.. Some added
internet connectivity in the mid-90s, allowing users to connect to FTP sites to download files & such though.
Nightfox
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oh sorry, i kinda associated it with internet because it was a server you connected to lol
MRO wrote to candycane <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 03:09 pm
MRO wrote to GenFx <=-
Re: Hello World!
By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm
Re: Hello World!
By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01
Hi Dizzy and welcome,
Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P
you should set your bbs from line
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wait, what is that? how would you set that
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
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MRO wrote to candycane <=-well no, sorry
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 2023 05:39 pm
oh sorry, i kinda associated it with internet because it was a server you connected to lol
Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered
off or used for other purposes at any time. The term "server" at the
time was more widely used to refer to system dedicated to provide a specific type of physical resource ("file server", "print server",
"modem server"). Even early Internet servers (mail, FTP, Gopher, etc.) were usually just called "hosts", not servers. --
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:14 pm
MRO wrote to candycane <=-
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.pngwell no, sorry
do you even run a bbs?
are you the guy posting over there was genfx?
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you should set your bbs from lineOki thanks, I did forget that after moving the bbs to a VM
I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out
candycane
oo cool!! sounds like a fun time
There is still something special about the internet being in the hands of the people imo
I hope you find it as rewarding as I have
Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-
Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered
off or used for other purposes at any time.
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Digital Man on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:20 pm
oo cool!! sounds like a fun time
Everyone was more or less local too. I met some of my real life best friends by posting messages like this and then meeting up in real life.
---TLM
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https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.
I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
me as Poindexter, though. Small world.
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.
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Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.
Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:26 am
https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
do you even run a bbs?
I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a
couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's
posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.
i was talking to the genfx dude and cc was acting like i was talking to him https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
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Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered off or used for other purposes at any time.
I should have called my BBS back in the '90s the "Conspiracy Server".
Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.
I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
me as Poindexter, though. Small world.
Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-
I have worked at a business with a mainframe for 25+ years now. The
only person I ever remember being called a sysop was the guy who used
to run the dial-up bbs that was taken down about the time I started working there.
The Lizard Master wrote to candycane <=-
Everyone was more or less local too. I met some of my real life best friends by posting messages like this and then meeting up in real life.
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:31 am
Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day.
BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted
or powered off or used for other purposes at any time.
I should have called my BBS back in the '90s the "Conspiracy Server".
Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.
I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
me as Poindexter, though. Small world.
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.
---TLM
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the
.gif controversy.
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
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Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif
controversy.
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop"
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I
didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was
12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
okay say those both. dont they sound the same
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I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
okay say those both. dont they sound the same
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:02 pm
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
okay say those both. dont they sound the same
No.. The first one would have a Z sound, and the 2nd one would have an S
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop".
I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system".
But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing
interest
I had just got my own computer at the time, along with a modem which I had used to start calling local BBSes.. I was curious about it, and I did start running a BBS a couple years later.
Nightfox
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MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop"
okay say those both. dont they sound the same
The Lizard Master wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like
the .gif controversy.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
The admin/power level login in OS/400 was called QSYSOPR, I
recall people talking about "logging in as sysop", but not
referring to someone as "sysop".
Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?
No.. The first one would have a Z sound, and the 2nd one would have an S
NO...
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
those 2. sound the same.
NO...
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
"sye-sop"
those 2. sound the same.
Stop trolling.
While there's a lot the current incarnation of BBSes has to offer, the dial-up era was pretty nice, for what you mention. We had a local
othernet called NIRVANAnet, and we'd arrange get-togethers at least quarterly. You'd get to meet the people you were arguing with
face-to-face, hang out and drink/eat with people you liked, share bits
about your real life with others, and occasionally meet and date someone you'd met through the BBS.
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.
I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop" or "siss-op".
Years ago, I watched "BBS: The Documentary" by Jason Scott, and there was a person in there who said he preferred "sye-sop" because he thought "siss-op" sounded too close to "sissy op".
Nightfox
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
The admin/power level login in OS/400 was called QSYSOPR, I recall
people talking about "logging in as sysop", but not referring to someone
as "sysop".
Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I
didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I
was 12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling around. What a cool time that was.
---TLM
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Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
I agree, but we might be wrong.
It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai * suhp.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:43 am
Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm
When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling around. What a cool time that was.
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
I agree, but we might be wrong.
It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai * suhp.
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
i think he meant as400
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 01:02 pm
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest
Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.
When I started running a BBS (1994), I knew a few kids at school who knew what a BBS was, but it seemed not very many knew about them. I was telling one of my friends (who was familiar with computers) about it when I started mine, and he said "What's a BBS?"
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: The Lizard Master to Ewing on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:15 am
I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.
You don't say size-tem.. :)
I agree, but we might be wrong.
It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in
real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss
as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct
phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai *
suhp.
Indeed it was "siss". And where I am, I'd never heard anyone say "size-op".. Always "siss-op" or "sye-sop".
Nightfox
yea, i dont think ive heard ANYONE not pronounce "sys" as "siss"
whos gallagher?
Digital Man wrote to MRO <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:34 pm
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
i think he meant as400
OS/400 was the original operating system of the IBM AS/400.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm
whos gallagher?
You haven't heard of Gallagher?
He's a comedian who was most active in the 80s, and part of his act was often smashing watermelons (and sometimes other melons and vegetables).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian) https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE
Nightfox
I usually say "sizz" (soft 's'). <shrug>
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 01:02 pm
Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing
interest
Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.
When I started running a BBS (1994), I knew a few kids at school who knew what a BBS was, but it seemed not very many knew about them. I was telling one of my friends (who was familiar with computers) about it when I started mine, and he said "What's a BBS?"
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:00 pm
yea, i dont think ive heard ANYONE not pronounce "sys" as "siss"
I usually say "sizz" (soft 's'). <shrug>
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Rush quote #29:
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but back to the 90s... back then not everyone was online
not everyone had a computer in the home. things were different.
america online changed that because it was essentially a main stream bbs.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm
nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---
You haven't heard of Gallagher?
He's a comedian who was most active in the 80s, and part of his act was often smashing watermelons (and sometimes other melons and vegetables).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian) https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol
At the same time, I did have one or two friends who called it a few times. A there was one kid who I think even said he went to my high school, but I had met him in person. We played a lot of Doom over the modem in the summer of 1995
though, sometimes until around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning..
Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
i think he meant as400
True, I didn't mean to imply that "most kids" knew what a BBS or a sysop was.I
st kids (or people in general) did not know they existed. I should have said
and most users desired to become one."
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm
nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol
Huh? Most BBS's are free?
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
i think he meant as400
I did indeed. ;) OS/400 is the operating system that runs on one.
1996 does not seem like that long ago, and yet it does.
* SLMR 2.1a * Ensign Pillsbury? He's BREAD, Jim......
I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol
Huh? Most BBS's are free?
candycane wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
Hustler wrote to GenFx <=-
Huh? Most BBS's are free?
MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.
MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.
I toyed around with making a BBS menu that looked like an OS/400
terminal screen.
... The Six who went among the makers is no longer.
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
user generated from /dev/urandom
i think he meant as400
I did indeed. ;) OS/400 is the operating system that runs on one.
1996 does not seem like that long ago, and yet it does.
i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to all on Mon Jul 31 2023 12:50 am
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm
nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM
I like this version of that skit better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfz3kFNVopk
And George Carlin had a lot of good skits on English too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11lEtj-MuMk
Huh? Most BBS's are free?
I thought he had meant being able to afford a computer & phone line to run a BBS, software registrations, etc..
Nightfox
gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online anywhere.
For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling aroun
mainstream. Maybe it was just me, I really never felt comfortable talking to people and was just happy to talk to the computer.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Aug 02 2023 08:22 pm
gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and
it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then
it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his
whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online
anywhere.
I'd heard something about that. I remember also hearing something about Gallagher's brother doing the same melon-smashing comedy act and trying to make money from it, and Gallagher suied him for it:
https://rb.gy/khrd5
Full link:
https://www.grunge.com/1098039/gallagher-once-sued-his-brother-for-stealin g-his -act/
Nightfox
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Aug 02 2023 08:22 pm
gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online anywhere.
I'd heard something about that. I remember also hearing something about Gallagher's brother doing the same melon-smashing comedy act and trying to make money from it, and Gallagher suied him for it:
Same, I'm not good at talking in person.
candycane
Huh? Most BBS's are free?
True, I just meant the hardware and phone costs.
I was in rural Australia during that era so it was very hard to find peopl interested in computers and even just finding computers and accesories was difficult. Things got easier once IBM compatibles became mainstream.
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Aug 03 2023 21:42:20
Same, I'm not good at talking in person.
candycane
thanks, im glad im in good company ^^
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>Huh? Most BBS's are free?
True, I just meant the hardware and phone costs.
I was in rural Australia during that era so it was very hard to find peopl
interested in computers and even just finding computers and accesories was
difficult. Things got easier once IBM compatibles became mainstream.
So your out in the outback? :-)
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store
bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them
all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
and hope you stick around for a while.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and
advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd
out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and
hope
you stick around for a while.
The area where I live had a local BBS list that someone maintained monthly in text format, and it was passed
around to the various BBSes here. There was also a local free computer magazine that could often be found in
convenience stores, some grocery stores, and the library, and they had a section for BBS ads toward the back.
I
had advertised my BBS in there for a while.
Nightfox
So your out in the outback? :-)
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily
You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good company. ^^
candycane
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53 am
You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good
company. ^^
candycane
not a nerd, more like mentally ill
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So your out in the outback? :-)
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a > Hu> and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store
bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them
all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
and hope you stick around for a while.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net
Wow, that's pretty cool! I haven't seen print ads for computer stuff in years.
Then it's the second community spawned from old tech that I'm a part of where the members are (jokingly called) insane.
candycane
I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Fri Aug 04 2023 09:09 pm
Then it's the second community spawned from old tech that I'm a part
of where the members are (jokingly called) insane.
candycane
who was joking
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So your out in the outback? :-)not quite that remote lol (just a small country town)
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.
for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45:00
So your out in the outback? :-)not quite that remote lol (just a small country town)
I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users.
Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and
grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print
out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad
you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.
a C64 in the outback would be quite a sight!
Thankyou, it's nice here ill stick around :)
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You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good company. ^^
candycane
That's a good idea. I wonder if you'd get any callers today putting a printed BBS ad on a bunch of grocery store bulletin boards :). Hmm, need to test this. But, need an attractive printed ad, first.
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms - They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive: https://voip.ms/residential
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
https://voip.ms/residential
how much and what package do you pick.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 04:21 pm
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
https://voip.ms/residential
how much and what package do you pick.
I have their basic plan, which is $4.25/month.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Holdfast to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 10:14 pm
I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years
back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run
a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one
online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month
now.
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms - They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive: https://voip.ms/residential
Nightfox
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53:52
You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good
company. ^^
candycane
Thankyou, thats very kind. I tried to say something witty but it seems i'm more than a 'bit of a nerd' and got nothing :D
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I wonder if many people pay attention to grocery store bulletin boards these days. People might first think about looking for such information online on their phone.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Nightfox to Phigan on Sat Aug 05 2023 02:04 pm
I wonder if many people pay attention to grocery store bulletin boards
these days. People might first think about looking for such
information online on their phone.
That's just it.. Maybe it would interest the kind of people that WOULD look at one of those boards. I mean, nobody looks there for specific things, you just look to see what othes have posted.
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being into computers is not a 'thing' anymore.
people have their phones or other devices.
I didn't know groceries had bb's
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am
I didn't know groceries had bb's
They used to be pretty close to the front doors, but these days they are down in the corridor leading to the bathrooms :).
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I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back
and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on
a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM
from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
https://voip.ms/residential
Can it dial to 2600.network?
If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
https://voip.ms/residential
I have their basic plan, which is $4.25/month.
so does that cover the number and the taxes and everything?
that's how much it was with ooma
That's just it.. Maybe it would interest the kind of people that WOULD
look at one of those boards. I mean, nobody looks there for specific
things, you just look to see what othes have posted.
I didn't know groceries had bb's
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am
I didn't know groceries had bb's
They used to be pretty close to the front doors, but these days they are down in the corridor leading to the bathrooms :).
Can it dial to 2600.network?
I don't know what that is. But it should be able to let you dial anything that has a phone number, I'd think.
Nightfox
Can it dial to 2600.network?
I don't know what that is. But it should be able to let you dial anything that has a phone number, I'd think.
2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from one number by making a telnet connection
https://2600.network/
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm
2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from one number by making a telnet connection
https://2600.network/
And much to my pleasant surprise I managed to get a stable 24000bps connection to it over the weekend from here in Australia.
(Modem -> NEC SV9100 PBX -> E1 ISDN to Cisco ISR -> Flowroute SIP trunk)
how much did it cost you to call it
so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
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And much to my pleasant surprise I managed to get a stable 24000bps connection to it over the weekend from here in Australia.
(Modem -> NEC SV9100 PBX -> E1 ISDN to Cisco ISR -> Flowroute SIP trunk)
Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?
2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm
Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?
It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm
2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's
from
So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.
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Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?
candycane
Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.
Ewing wrote to MRO <=-
About $0.04.
Phone calls are a bit cheaper these days :)
candycane wrote to Phigan <=-
Hopefully the lost and sold pets aren't connected.
Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to GenFx on Sat Aug 05 2023 20:32:24
Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?
candycane
For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.
I like Electronics and Computers, (Linux, DOS & Commodore in particular) For fun I enjoy simracing, i've been lucky enought to get a resonable graphics card and 4K VR. To me sim racing is the pinicle of VR and with a sim cockpit its the closest to real immersion as possible.
When all the nerdy stuff has me overwhelmed I like to go 4WDing and camping.
How about you?
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Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am
Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in
somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on
syncterm to emulate it.
Wow that's hard core friend!
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This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he takes crows down in mid-air.
candycane wrote to The Lizard Master <=-
Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200,
relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still
would like to experience a modem at some point tho.
Well, modems are readily available on Amazon or eBay.
This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have
the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he
takes crows down in mid-air.
Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?
Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?
Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.
For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.
Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..
And a Czech one, too.
And a Czech one two.
Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..
And a Czech one, too.
And a Czech one two.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:24 pm
so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
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Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm
Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?
It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm
2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from
So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.
everywhere...
Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200, relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still would like to experience a modem at some point tho.
candycane
Quoting Candycane to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?
Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.
Pretty cool, it's like the neighborhood mascot.
Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was
Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was looking out the window when this bird swooped down and then tried to quickly pull itself back up, but . . . Pancake was faster and
jumped into the air and pulled that bird right out of the sky. He was quite the hunter! Miss that crazy cat! :-(
Quoting Nightfox to Elf <=-
Sorry to hear :( But why did you have to put him down because he was
21 years old? I've heard of some cats living even longer than that..
Did he have some health issues?
Quoting Candycane to Elf <=-
Rip, they sound like they were quite tough.
Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half)
and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
sucks for both humans and animals.
Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half) and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
sucks for both humans and animals.
Welcome to my BBS Dizzy, and hello world! to everyone else!
Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuu
tube computer from the 1950s.
There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".Yeah I'm a huge fan of this guy and really looking forward to seeing more of the Bendix. I've quite liked the videos he did on the Ti99/4, I really felt for him when he was troubleshooitng the Ti99! He's pretty good at explaining stuff, like the Vacuum tube computer he's been making...normally that kind of stuff would got straight over my head, but I manage to follow along...mostly.
Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuum tube computer from the 1950s.
Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?
The only correct answer is Siss.
Aurelius wrote to Gamgee <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 09:37 pm
Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?
The only correct answer is Siss.
Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is
Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get
Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF. Of course, I'm
likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P
Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
The only correct answer is Siss.Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
When I first started BBSing and I saw "sysop" and didn't know what it meant, I thought it was "sigh-sop" because of the Y.. But then I learned it's short for "system operator" and its proper pronunciation.
As far as GIF, most of the people I've known pronounce it like "JIF", so that's just how I've pronounced it. And I've heard the creator of the GIF format says that's the way to pronounce it.
I don't know why some people get so upset about how GIF is pronounced.. English tends to be an inconsistent language. For instance, why is the word
"vineyard" typically pronounced "vin-yeerd" rather than like the two separate words "vine" "yard"?
Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug>
There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".
You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug> --
Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.
Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.
The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm
Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.
I don't think thta means the inventors were 'wrong' about their inventions though. It's just that the invention was intended for one thing and people started using it for something else. But I don't think you can argue with the inventor/creator about what they intended.
Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?
The only correct answer is Siss.Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
Of course, I'm likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P
it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:49 am
it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.
So you're saying the jif format came LATER, but it's GIF that shouldn't have been pronounced that way first? "jif" is how I've always heard most people pronounce it. And I actually wasn't aware of the jif format until you mentioned it recently.
those... It's SysOp and GIF.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am
those... It's SysOp and GIF.
Supposedly the creator of the format says it's pronounced "JIF". He's obviously a nut bar.
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm
Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.
The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)
yeah he was wrong from the start. 'graphics' = hard G
maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.
Nopants wrote to MRO <=-
Re: Re: Hello World!
By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am
maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.
I always thought the choosy moms were hot.
https://i.imgur.com/wRk2Qu0.jpeg
The inventors pronounced GIF as "jiff", then in my book, "jiff" is right. No debate about it.
The Qt inventors apparently switched the pronounciation from "cue-tee" to "cute" at some point. So I'm trying (hard) to follow suit.
They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>
They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>
I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).
The Lizard Master wrote to Digital Man <=-
I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have
some strange way to say it just let us know :).
The Lizard Master wrote to Digital Man <=-
I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).
"Synchronet is Synchro-NEAT!"
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