I gripe about that almost every day, as in how tight the programming was. We really didn't have the careless bugs as now. There was no room. The quality of the software was mostly out of necessity. Now it's all so bloated with useless junk. These kids these days.... why back in my day we didn't need 4 digits for the year, we just used 2 and we liked it! Your Y2K be damned.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:07 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BBS'n I wrote my first BBS software to work/go live on a Commodore Vic-20, and 150kb floppy. Its amazing how much data those things could handle with an efficient file system and text data. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [WISPA] BBS'n > Oh, god no! I bought so much TRS-80 crap that in 1998, the manager of my > local Radio Shack called me up and asked me to come over. They were under > orders to clean out the stock room of old stuff and he had a pile of new > in > the box TRS-80's and all sorts of odd ball accessories. Mine for free he > said, he was told to destroy and dispose of it. Wasn't much use to me > then, > heck, it was 1998 for Pete's sake. But I took it and slowly used the bits > for something or gave things away. Wish I had it all now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:15 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? > > Dont make me get my TRS-80 out! -RickG > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Travis Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >> I ran GBBS on my Apple ][+ (that I still have)... and also Proving >> Grounds >> (D&D based) on that system as well. >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Blair Davis wrote: >> >> I ran my BBS on an Atari 800 >> >> Robert West wrote: >> >> Sheeeeeesh! I ran Fidonet for a time then moved up to PCBoard with 4 > nodes. >> Man, that was livin'. >> >> I think I still have my install disks someplace and my huge box of 200 > 2.5" >> floppy backup set. Ran it on an IBM XT 286. Speed, brother! All about > the >> speed! >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Blake Bowers >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 3:13 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> Funny, I remember running a BBS on a Timex Sinclair computer. >> >> And then along came FIDONET. I sure miss that. >> >> >> Don't take your organs to heaven, >> heaven knows we need them down here! >> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Blair Davis" <[email protected]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> >> >> >> 5Mb, and 5 min to spin up... >> >> Remember watching the lights dim when you turned it on? >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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