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  • BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)

    From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Oct 16 02:28:45 2024
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with ridiculously
    tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting and reading).
    Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it served until a
    dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for you: connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and others!

    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor and
    architect of our online age at age 78: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(
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    all need 2 do da same 2! Ow, hurty backy after a 8 hrs. hibernation with 1 pee break. :( Finally cooler weather & emptied bins. Need a new video card to play Microid's 2024 Empire of the Ants game.
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Oct 18 20:30:05 2024
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with ridiculously
    tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting and reading).
    Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it served until a
    dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for you:
    connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and others!

    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor and architect of our online age at age 78: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(


    Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently".
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Sun Oct 20 02:13:39 2024
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with ridiculously
    tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting and reading).
    Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it served until a
    dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for you:
    connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and others!

    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor and architect of our online age at age 78: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(

    Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently".

    Recently? Where? I'd like to see it. I didn't even know FidoNet is still around! :O

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Sun Oct 20 20:50:04 2024
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:13 this Sunday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with ridiculously
    tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting and reading).
    Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it served until a
    dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for you:
    connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and others! >> >
    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor and
    architect of our online age at age 78:
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(

    Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently".

    Recently? Where? I'd like to see it. I didn't even know FidoNet is still around! :O


    Yeah, some of the Fidonet BBS's have it.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Mon Oct 21 02:47:37 2024
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:13 this Sunday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with ridiculously >> >> tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting and reading).
    Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it served until a
    dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for you:
    connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and others!

    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor and
    architect of our online age at age 78:
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(

    Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently".

    Recently? Where? I'd like to see it. I didn't even know FidoNet is still around! :O

    Yeah, some of the Fidonet BBS's have it.

    Which? Where? List please!
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    buds moving, hi bills, USC's CFB loss again, etc.
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  • From George Musk@21:1/5 to Ant on Mon Oct 21 11:58:49 2024
    On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:47:37 +0000, Ant wrote:

    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:13 this Sunday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with
    ridiculously tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting
    and reading). Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it
    served until a dial-up ISP finally made it to my area.

    It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for
    you: connecting you to Usenet.

    Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-)

    I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and
    others!

    Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor
    and architect of our online age at age 78:
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs- inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
    :~(

    Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently".

    Recently? Where? I'd like to see it. I didn't even know FidoNet is
    still around! :O

    Yeah, some of the Fidonet BBS's have it.

    Which? Where? List please!

    Maybe https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/?s=fidonet

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