I wrote my first BBS software to work/go live on a Commodore Vic-20, and 150kb floppy.
Its amazing how much data those things could handle with an efficient file system and text data. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [WISPA] BBS'n > Oh, god no! I bought so much TRS-80 crap that in 1998, the manager of my > local Radio Shack called me up and asked me to come over. They were under > orders to clean out the stock room of old stuff and he had a pile of new > in > the box TRS-80's and all sorts of odd ball accessories. Mine for free he > said, he was told to destroy and dispose of it. Wasn't much use to me > then, > heck, it was 1998 for Pete's sake. But I took it and slowly used the bits > for something or gave things away. Wish I had it all now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:15 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? > > Dont make me get my TRS-80 out! -RickG > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Travis Johnson<t...@ida.net> wrote: >> I ran GBBS on my Apple ][+ (that I still have)... and also Proving >> Grounds >> (D&D based) on that system as well. >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Blair Davis wrote: >> >> I ran my BBS on an Atari 800 >> >> Robert West wrote: >> >> Sheeeeeesh! I ran Fidonet for a time then moved up to PCBoard with 4 > nodes. >> Man, that was livin'. >> >> I think I still have my install disks someplace and my huge box of 200 > 2.5" >> floppy backup set. Ran it on an IBM XT 286. Speed, brother! All about > the >> speed! >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Blake Bowers >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 3:13 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> Funny, I remember running a BBS on a Timex Sinclair computer. >> >> And then along came FIDONET. I sure miss that. >> >> >> Don't take your organs to heaven, >> heaven knows we need them down here! >> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Blair Davis" <the...@wmwisp.net> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> >> >> >> 5Mb, and 5 min to spin up... >> >> Remember watching the lights dim when you turned it on? >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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