I had the TRS-80 Model 4. All of my friends had commodores and such, but I went for the business machine. I dunno why. I got in just as 300 baud started to be the standard. I had a direct connect modem, with a flip switch to turn it on/off and originate/receive. I do remember at the time, being able to read faster than the data came across. I remember when Xmodem-CRC came out and was available for use on my system.
I also remember going to the local phone booth, calling MCI's long distance service, and hacking out long distance access codes to use to get to remote modems. At the time, we didn't have the cash to get to the far away places we wanted to go. Friends got hit for wire fraud, and had to pony up big cash, or their parents did, rather. I made my way thru the Hayes modems, the 1200, 2400, etc. I can't imagine not being able to communicate via computer now. What started as a way to speak to a few people, because the way to speak to the world. Now if we could only give people a brain to use sometimes, it would be a wonderful place. :) Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Often I forget about the guys that made it happen, and others that were there with me when I made my journey here. -Sky On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > > Anyone have the manpower and tools needed to start a CitadelBBS for > NLUG use... :) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
