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Land of Spur!

Gene Buckle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:36:18 GMT

Ok guys, I've finally got all the things I needed to get done, done and now Land of Spur is ready to play! Telnet to 199.254.199.64 to log on to the only GBBS

a new bbs...

Gene Buckle — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:54:55 GMT

Ok guys, it's time to dust off those old modems and warm up the terminal software... The Old Data Citadel - 253-875-1281, 300 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop and no

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

Gene Buckle — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:35:41 GMT

... I actually use the CP/M version of VDE on my H-89. Works great. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

Re: which type of bbs did you frequent back in the day?

dmccunney — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:10:29 GMT

... Did it have network support? If it could be run on a network, with the message bases on a network server and file and record locking were implemented, it

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

dmccunney — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:10:14 GMT

... There are a number of them. See http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TinyEditors for a fairly inclusive list. (And if you know any that aren't there,

download system is up again

Tom Miller — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:14:26 GMT

About 6 weeks ago a power connector clobbered the downloads drive on my hybrid bbs. During the Labor day weekend we got the majority of the cd-rom based

Re: which type of bbs did you frequent back in the day?

Tom Miller — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:14:03 GMT

... Same difference. The application is limited by the OS. < That is somewhat complicated. Tbbs which ran under Dos ran multiple lines and with an Addon

For all computer hobbyists... dataswamp.net #rasterburn

Tom Miller — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:13:54 GMT

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Re: For all computer hobbyists...

Tom Miller — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:13:44 GMT

I remember a "tiny editor" for ms-dos. While it was VERY small, and was useful for modifying batch files, I am not sure I would want to write a larger

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

dmccunney — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:26:45 GMT

... Not on Unix. It doesn't run there. And just which TED do you refer to? There are more than one. There are versions of vi and emacs for DOS and Windows.

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

dmccunney — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:26:31 GMT

... No, it's a Gnu clone of the Pico editor included with the Pine mail system. Think of it as the *nix equivalent of Notepad. It's, um, minimal. (It's fine

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

Nedry — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:56:09 GMT

The one true editor is TED. ... -- Peter: I'll handle it, Lois. I read a book about this sort of thing once. Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

Gene Buckle — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:09:37 GMT

... WTF is nano? Isn't that some Appleista sound gadget of some kind? :) ... Ahh, yes. The One True Command Set. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

dmccunney — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:03:33 GMT

... I'm a *nix admin, and use vi far more than emacs. But I'd love to get my former boss into that discussion, and watch him savage both and hold up nano as

Re: For all computer hobbyists...

Digital Avatar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:03:20 GMT

... No, the correct answer is "nano". EOL.