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  • Hello Everyone!

    From Skylar to All on Sun Mar 24 10:37:43 2024
    Jumping back in the scene for a bit. I could be around a couple weeks or a couple of years. ;)

    I discovered BBSs just a few (or 42) years ago using a Commodore 64 and a 300 baud modem. I was online multiple systems every day until I discovered and gained access to the internet at my university, starting with BITNET and Usenet groups and everything that followed. :D

    I've been a computer geek since 1981, when my school library bought two Commodore PET computers for students to "use". The intended use was educational games but I quickly figured out that I wanted to learn how to create those games.

    I've ran a few BBS through the years. The first was taking over the local computer club BBS that ran on a C64 with a memory expansion and 20MB hard drive. My last was a short-lived and barely used Synchronet setup.

    That was around 10 years ago. I even bugged dm on a few occasions about C++ compilers and IDEs, building synchronnet, and his brother, who I had met a couple of times at Borland/Delphi developer conferences.

    My retro 80s 8-bit bug has been buzzing around my head again lately. Last night I broke down and installed TWGS, found some old source code online, and then regretted looking at it. I'm surprised the early versions of TW worked at all.

    So I'll be peeking around a bit and hopefully sticking around a bit longer this time.

    Sky (aka Jon Robertson)
  • From Digital Man to Skylar on Sun Mar 24 13:35:43 2024
    Re: Hello Everyone!
    By: Skylar to All on Sun Mar 24 2024 10:37 am

    That was around 10 years ago. I even bugged dm on a few occasions about C++ compilers and IDEs, building synchronnet, and his brother, who I had met a couple of times at Borland/Delphi developer conferences.

    Welcome back!
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  • From Sbrk to Skylar on Thu May 2 07:41:35 2024
    Re: Hello Everyone!
    By: Skylar to All on Sun Mar 24 2024 10:37 am

    I discovered BBSs just a few (or 42) years ago using a Commodore 64 and a 300 baud modem. I was online multiple systems every
    day

    I, too, have been attached to computers (and BBSes) in some way since the mid-80s. I can still recall waiting hours for the
    autodialer on Telemate to get on the local BBSes, and worrying that I'd get in trouble for dialing the occasional long-distance
    board.

    Now, I ssh into this board and see some of the magic from those times. Most of the systems that I called were run on PCBoard,
    Spitfire, Telegard, Wildcat, and WWIV. I do vaguely remember Synchronet, but it was not common in my neck of the woods (Wichita,
    KS).

    I wonder if DM would consider adding a "Modem emulator" which could 1) slow down the board I/O to a selected baud rate and
    2) add random line noise (selectable probability). That would make this experience complete. :-)

    -sbrk