OzCis was surely the best tool for automating that crazy CIS interface. Me and my partner Andreas have even translated the manual to German and distributed OzCis here for a whopping 5 DM! I still have that booklet at home :) Mine was 100015,676 (Oh the joy of octal numbers: 10xxxxx = 77777 + 1)
wOOdy -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ted Roche Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2017 16:03 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: CompuServe forums - end of an era. I was a big fan of TAPCIS, back in the days when you had to find a local non-toll modem to connect to, and raced to get offline as quickly as possible to minimize the $22 an hour connect time.200 messages a day during the week, 400 a day when a new release came out. Fun times. CIS: 76400,2503 or INTERNET:[email protected] On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > RIP. > > I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would initiate the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections... > > -- > > rk > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era. > > "Dear Forum friends and family, > We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the > CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two > decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a > wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and > comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news, weather, sports, and entertainment information > will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly > evaluating the content and services that are available through the > service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in > the future.Sincerely, > The CompuServe Team" > > > I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on > CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro. > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
