Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-29 Thread Jim Lee
On 06/29/18 07:15, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On 6/28/2018 9:05 PM, Avon wrote: Being able to send messages by ham radio is useful in disasters as well as nostalgic. I just don't know what people are doing these days. Though I haven't heard much of the AX.25 Packet BBS systems in

Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Terry Reedy
On 6/28/2018 9:05 PM, Avon wrote: On 06/28/18, Grant Edwards pondered and said... GE> OK, I've got to ask... GE> Why are there still BBSes? GE> GE> Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old GE> Thinkpad T500 has a built-in POTS modem, but it's never been

Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Avon
On 06/28/18, Grant Edwards pondered and said... GE> OK, I've got to ask... GE> Why are there still BBSes? GE> GE> Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old GE> Thinkpad T500 has a built-in POTS modem, but it's never been used.] Hi Grant. How long do you have? :)

Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Jim Lee
On 06/28/18 11:45, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2018-06-28, Jim Lee wrote: On 06/28/18 07:34, Grant Edwards wrote: OK, I've got to ask... Why are there still BBSes? Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old Thinkpad T500 has a built-in POTS modem, but it's never been

Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2018-06-28, Jim Lee wrote: > > > On 06/28/18 07:34, Grant Edwards wrote: >> OK, I've got to ask... >> >> Why are there still BBSes? >> >> Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old >> Thinkpad T500 has a built-in POTS modem, but it's never been used.] >> > BBS's are most

Re: [OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Jim Lee
On 06/28/18 07:34, Grant Edwards wrote: OK, I've got to ask... Why are there still BBSes? Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old Thinkpad T500 has a built-in POTS modem, but it's never been used.] BBS's are most often connected to via telnet these days.  There are

[OT] Why are BBSes? [was Where's the junk coming from?]

2018-06-28 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2018-06-28, Kerr Avon wrote: > Yep confirming I found the issue lay with the sysop of a BBS that connects > to the gateway linked to news.bbs.nz OK, I've got to ask... Why are there still BBSes? Who even has a modem these days? [OK, I'll admit my 11 year old Thinkpad T500 has a built-in