On Dec 5, at 14:35 | Dec5, Mark Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>> I will copy the files if you want.It is all less than about 100mb I
>> expect, but getting it to a downloadable file will be interesting.
>> I suspect I will have to use an RS232 serial
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> I will copy the files if you want.It is all less than about 100mb I
> expect, but getting it to a downloadable file will be interesting.
> I suspect I will have to use an RS232 serial link to my Macbook. Floppies
> would be a pain and man
Am 04.12.2011 21:40, schrieb Tony Firshman:
On Dec 4, at 20:15 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
Now that is interesting. I run a Linux server full time.
Mind you the *whole* point really about shuttung down QBBS is to save
power (8-)#
I reckon
On Dec 4, at 20:15 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>> Now that is interesting. I run a Linux server full time.
>> Mind you the *whole* point really about shuttung down QBBS is to save
>> power (8-)#
>> I reckon as noone calls the BBS, what is
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> Now that is interesting. I run a Linux server full time.
> Mind you the *whole* point really about shuttung down QBBS is to save
> power (8-)#
> I reckon as noone calls the BBS, what is the point.
> OK access would be 'free', but I reckon th
On Dec 4, at 19:48 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 4, at 18:08 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tony Firshman
>> wrote:
Why not run it on the Internet, sans phone-line?
>>>
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
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> On Dec 4, at 18:08 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tony Firshman
> wrote:
> >> Why not run it on the Internet, sans phone-line?
> > ___
> How?
>
> The system s P
On Dec 4, at 19:24 | Dec4, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
On Dec 3, at 23:05 | Dec3, Darren Branagh wrote:
> Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just
for
> posterity?
The machine is not dying - simply the phone connection.
It has all my files o
On Dec 3, at 23:05 | Dec3, Darren Branagh wrote:
Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just
for
posterity?
The machine is not dying - simply the phone connection.
It has all my files on it.
Why not run it on the Internet, sans phone-line?
On Dec 4, at 18:08 | Dec4, Mark Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 3, at 23:05 | Dec3, Darren Branagh wrote:
>>
>>> Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just
>> for
>>> posterity?
>> The machine is not dying - simpl
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tony Firshman wrote:
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> On Dec 3, at 23:05 | Dec3, Darren Branagh wrote:
>
> > Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just
> for
> > posterity?
> The machine is not dying - simply the phone connection.
> It has all my files on it.
>
> Wh
On Dec 3, at 23:05 | Dec3, Darren Branagh wrote:
> I think thats really very, very sad
>
> yet a sign of the times...
>
> Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just for
> posterity?
The machine is not dying - simply the phone connection.
It has all my files on
I think thats really very, very sad
yet a sign of the times...
Can you post a few pics of the set up before you retire it fully, just for
posterity?
Darren.
Never pay for next day delivery with Amazon - products invariably arrive
next day with *free* delivery.
>
> QBBS is now dead (8-(#
On Dec 2, at 00:21 | Dec2, Tony Firshman wrote:
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> On Dec 1, at 22:12 | Dec1, Derek Stewart wrote:
>
>> On Tue 29 Nov 2011 19:44:24 GMT, Tony Firshman wrote:
>>
>>> My BBS main disk died today.
>>> I am mightily glad that the system boots primarily off romdisq - it made
>>> life so much eas
On Dec 1, at 22:12 | Dec1, Derek Stewart wrote:
> On Tue 29 Nov 2011 19:44:24 GMT, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>> My BBS main disk died today.
>> I am mightily glad that the system boots primarily off romdisq - it made
>> life so much easier.
>>
>> The 23 daily backup partitions on a separate HD s
On Tue 29 Nov 2011 19:44:24 GMT, Tony Firshman wrote:
My BBS main disk died today.
I am mightily glad that the system boots primarily off romdisq - it made life
so much easier.
The 23 daily backup partitions on a separate HD should have all been OK, but
some were not.
I found one that was an
Tony said -
Does anyone use the BBS now?
If not, it probably makes sense to retire this machine
Not I, any longer. But it has been of tremendous utility.
Thank you Tony for all the associated work .and for meeting its power
bills! (You
Tony Firshman wrote:
Does anyone use the BBS now?
If not, it probably makes sense to retire this machine and use a modern
multi function laser printer.
The QL machine will still be used as the source of all my commercial
software.
It will be the end of a very very long era.
Indeed! I'm sure
My BBS main disk died today.
I am mightily glad that the system boots primarily off romdisq - it made life
so much easier.
The 23 daily backup partitions on a separate HD should have all been OK, but
some were not.
I found one that was and all is restored with a 296mb partition on a 20GB HD,
al
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