/me bows in reverence....
ralph wrote: > OK- > > As long as we are BBSing, I actually wrote the TIBBSR BBS in the early > 1980s and ran the "Flagship TIBBS" from my home near Atlanta. > > > > I believe that in its heyday, there were over 100 systems running around the > US. > > Even though Texas Instruments said that a TI-99/4 could not operate that > way, I obtained all the manuals for the communication and video chips they > used and wrote routines to do all the serial I/O and storage. > > The system could remotely identify other TIs and close the door on those > "Rataris, Commode-Door Ick 20's and Rotten Apples" if the Sysop chose to. > > Your terminal also spoke to you and welcomed you to the system if you had > the speech synthesizer. > > All this in 24K of BASIC programming and 8K of 9900 Assembly language. > > > > Frank, also of Brightlan, was behind the FJ&J real time clock/calendar card > that was marketed for the TI. > > > > Some stuff about TIBBS is here: http://ralphfowler.com/ti994a.html > > > > Those were good times. > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Blair Davis > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 2:06 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? > > > > 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" <mailto:the...@wmwisp.net> <the...@wmwisp.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> <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! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc work: 435-773-6071 email: rco...@infowest.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/randycosby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
