> 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/
