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Dear Trom list reader/recipient,
The TROM list is a very old list (as Internet lists go). It was started
shortly after Dennis Stephens, author of The Resolution of Mind (TROM)
issued the digital book, TROM. The list was lively for a while, but
there followed a period of over a year when nothing happened. I offered
to take over the list, and having copies of material from near its
beginning, I reissued what I called replays. that is to say, I went back
to the beginning of my copies of the list and compiled a weekly
chronological collection of previous postings, and issued one such replay
every weekend.
The list is quiet again, so I have offered to issue the copies I can find
of the replay every weekend until I have run the series through.
Actually for many years, when I had got to the end of one run through of
the Replays, I would start from the beginning again. What I will be
sending, as explained in the one I send in a few days, is a repeat of a
replay, I can not find the first replay.
A word of explanation: What I received was in the early days of Internet.
Internet was expensive (I think in Denmark there was only one supplier, a
university) and I received it via an amateur network called FIDO. This
consisted of a number of "Hubs" and communication between the
hubs and to individuals was over modem and telephone, include jumps
across continents, all going through the individual HUB volunteers phone
bill. My local Hub in the northern suburb of Copenhagen was called
Winboss. and I can see I had two Fido addresses: a...@ivy.ping.dk and
a...@winboss.dk, I think I had the second address was set up to
contact a Hub with connection to Internet - I have lost the details
for the moment.
In this series there are 65 replays, so, weekly, we will be going for
quite a while. You don't need to remain silent while I am sending this
out. Any one on the TROM list can send in either with a comment on a bit
of a replay, or with a comment or question on TROM and its use.
And remember, data and addresses in the replays may be out of date. I
know that Terry Scott died a few years ago, and we lost contact with
Judith Methven many years ago.
Excuse, if you find it covered in cobwebs - its some time since I have
been around with a feather duster!
It now seems many years since Pete took over the administration of this
TROM list (there have been other Trom lists, which I think have faded
away). Pete agreed to my doing this, and remains the daily administrator
of the list.
Enjoy and imbibe these offerings from the past as you wish.
All best wishes,
Ant
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