Nothing gave me more pleasure than spending my long distance
charges on
sending fidmail packets from my BBS to the hub in st. Louis
that were LADEN
with snide remarks straying further and further off topic.
You actually *paid* for long distance modem calls back then ??!?? :-) :-)
:-)
DePolo
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:56 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
Nothing gave me more pleasure than spending my long distance
charges on
sending fidmail packets from my BBS to the hub in st. Louis
No tone service where I was.
Ha! Whistle up 2600 on an 800 call and the world was your oyster...
I first box I actually owned outright is a timex Sinclair
1000 with the 16k
ram pak sitting out in the shed/shack
Mine was a Trash-80 Model I. I cut my teeth on a VAX-11/750 at a local
On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Jeff DePolo wrote:
Enough reminiscing, I probably sound like one of those OF's on 80m that
talks about their gout, their pension, and what orifice they're having
scoped this week, back to real work.
This comedian pretty well covers it... and his rotary dial phone
At 1/6/2010 10:56, you wrote:
On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Jeff DePolo wrote:
Enough reminiscing, I probably sound like one of those OF's on 80m that
talks about their gout, their pension, and what orifice they're having
scoped this week, back to real work.
This comedian pretty well covers
Ah yes... haven't tapped out a number in years. Used to run in to phones
with no dials once in a while.
Chuck
WB2EDV
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] something
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[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:00 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
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Ah yes... haven't
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Yes, there IS a secret plan to destroy the Internet by having
side-conversations like those that normally happen in person when talking to
other humans. It's been going on since the USENET days. (Maybe the
conspiracy extends all the way back to BBS's and FidoNet but we're not
sure. The
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