Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
Chris Newman schrieb: Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might translate) to many folks. This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? Jeez, this is so long ago. I remember that in the late 80s my favorite became one for the C64 which was able to bring the machine to display 80 characters per line. I wonder how they did it, it sure didn't flicker. I used it on my C128, because all I had for a monitor was an 1802 which worked only with 40 characters in C128 mode. Anyone know the name of that program? Marco -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might translate) to many folks. This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? Lee K. Seitz wrote: I went looking through the library book store today while we were at the library. I picked up a couple things related to this list, believe it or not. First, I found a book called _The Complete Electronic Bulletin Board Starter Kit_ from 1988 by Charles Bowen and David Peyton. It includes two 5.25 disks containing a complete RBBS-PC installation. The cardboard enevlope containing the disks has never been opened. Would this be worth anything to anyone? I could not find a similar item on eBay. Second, I found an _Introducing Windows 95_ book complete with Certificate of Authenticity (and the all-important product ID). Technically buying just the book without the CD and computer it came with violates the terms of the user agreement. But I figure someday when I find a Windows 95 CD-ROM cheap at a thrift store, I'll have, for all intents and purposes, a legitimate copy of Windows 95. Might come in handy if I find a cheap computer to give to the in-laws or something. Should I worry that Microsoft is going to see this message in the swcollect archive on the web and come after me? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
Chris Newman spake thusly into the ether: Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might translate) to many folks. I actually don't remember any RBBS boards in my area. But then, I got into BBSing a little late (c. 1989) and I may just not remember that many BBS program names any more. This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? I don't know that the software made a difference to me. I cared more about the people and atmosphere (or the games). The ones I seemed to call the most were PC-Board and WWIV, IIRC. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? I was pretty young - and I have trouble remembering which was which. Searchlight was probably my favorite however. - Original Message - From: Chris Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Two questions Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might translate) to many folks. This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? Lee K. Seitz wrote: I went looking through the library book store today while we were at the library. I picked up a couple things related to this list, believe it or not. First, I found a book called _The Complete Electronic Bulletin Board Starter Kit_ from 1988 by Charles Bowen and David Peyton. It includes two 5.25 disks containing a complete RBBS-PC installation. The cardboard enevlope containing the disks has never been opened. Would this be worth anything to anyone? I could not find a similar item on eBay. Second, I found an _Introducing Windows 95_ book complete with Certificate of Authenticity (and the all-important product ID). Technically buying just the book without the CD and computer it came with violates the terms of the user agreement. But I figure someday when I find a Windows 95 CD-ROM cheap at a thrift store, I'll have, for all intents and purposes, a legitimate copy of Windows 95. Might come in handy if I find a cheap computer to give to the in-laws or something. Should I worry that Microsoft is going to see this message in the swcollect archive on the web and come after me? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 07:38 AM, Chris Newman wrote: Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might translate) to many folks. This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program? Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate Searchlight, the pirate's delight of Telegard, or something else? As a user I preferred connecting to a PC-Board system. They were usually easy to get around. I miss the BBSes at times. They always felt a lot more personal than the 'net does in general. However, the vast resources of the 'net obviously win hands down. As an admin, I can only speak about the Major BBS from Galacticomm. One place where I worked we used that and Galacticomm's 8 or 16 (I can't remember which) serial port expansion chassis to give our remote salescritters support and feed them info. I think I still have my Procomm Plus disks around somewhere, though I think I've lost my registration code in one move or another. Procomm Plus and ZModem for downloads was the best. :-D What was everyone's favorite communications program? Anyone else remember the original MS Access telecommunications program? I think I still have a copy of that with the funky plastic case. -- Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Two questions
Edward Franks spake thusly into the ether: I think I still have my Procomm Plus disks around somewhere, though I think I've lost my registration code in one move or another. Procomm Plus and ZModem for downloads was the best. :-D What was everyone's favorite communications program? Once I got a PC, I ended up using Telix. I've still got my registered copy around here somewhere. It was just before they sold it to, uh, someone else. Before that I used PC-Term (I think that's what it was called), on our family's Apple //e. Being able to see a good approximation of ANSI graphics made a world of difference. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
[SWCollect] Two questions
I went looking through the library book store today while we were at the library. I picked up a couple things related to this list, believe it or not. First, I found a book called _The Complete Electronic Bulletin Board Starter Kit_ from 1988 by Charles Bowen and David Peyton. It includes two 5.25 disks containing a complete RBBS-PC installation. The cardboard enevlope containing the disks has never been opened. Would this be worth anything to anyone? I could not find a similar item on eBay. Second, I found an _Introducing Windows 95_ book complete with Certificate of Authenticity (and the all-important product ID). Technically buying just the book without the CD and computer it came with violates the terms of the user agreement. But I figure someday when I find a Windows 95 CD-ROM cheap at a thrift store, I'll have, for all intents and purposes, a legitimate copy of Windows 95. Might come in handy if I find a cheap computer to give to the in-laws or something. Should I worry that Microsoft is going to see this message in the swcollect archive on the web and come after me? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
