This isn't th proper place to post this, I'm sure, but I didn't see anywhere at all to ask this question:

Is there no Macintosh (Apple) echo anywhere in FidoNet? Or anywhere to ask the FidoNet powers that be where ir if various echoes exist?

Thanks

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On 06/15/16, Bill Gordon pondered and said...

This isn't th proper place to post this, I'm sure, but I didn't see anywhere at all to ask this question:

Is there no Macintosh (Apple) echo anywhere in FidoNet? Or anywhere to
ask the FidoNet powers that be where ir if various echoes exist?

Bill I have access to an Apple echo... i also gate ex usenet all of the mac newsgroups etc... you are welcome to any from 3:770/1

Send me a netmail to 3:770/100 if you want a feed

Best, Paul

this offer extends to anyone that wants it ;-)

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On 06/15/16, Bill Gordon said the following...

This isn't th proper place to post this, I'm sure, but I didn't see anywhere at all to ask this question:
Is there no Macintosh (Apple) echo anywhere in FidoNet? Or anywhere to
ask the FidoNet powers that be where ir if various echoes exist?

I e-listed a new Apple echo but have no subscribers yet... you are more than welcome to link it directly from me and then I'll petition it to get on the backbone... will gladly have you Bill.

Woudl also like to have the gentleman in Austraila there as well. My Aunt is an Apple employee and will start participating in it once I get the listgate going for the echo. She reports pretty high up, one time worked directly
under Bill Gates himself. I would never have my little trash can (Mac Pro)
if it wasn't for her.

I also know that I dropped her name once at the Apple store and went from a number in line to being treated like Royalty. I won't do that one again <embarrassed blush> but they -know- of her.

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Hello Allen!

In a message to Bill Gordon <06/15/20> Allen Prunty wrote:

I e-listed a new Apple echo but have no subscribers yet...
you are more than welcome to link it directly from me and
then I'll petition it to get on the backbone... will gladly
have you Bill.

If it's the echo that is listed with the APPLE echo tag, I've
been linked with that since I started using my Mac :)

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Hello Bill!

In a message to All <06/15/20> Bill Gordon wrote:

This isn't th proper place to post this, I'm sure, but I
didn't see anywhere at
all to ask this question:

Is there no Macintosh (Apple) echo anywhere in FidoNet? Or
anywhere to ask the FidoNet powers that be where ir if
various echoes exist?

I _think_ that there is an APPLE echo. At least there is here on
my BBS.

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Hello Bill,

15 Jun 16 14:21 at you wrote to All:

This isn't th proper place to post this, I'm sure, but I didn't see anywhere at all to ask this question:

You're more than welcome to discuss Apple BBS stuff here, Bill. I'm the moderator of BBS_CARNIVAL, by the way.

Is there no Macintosh (Apple) echo anywhere in FidoNet? Or anywhere to
ask the FidoNet powers that be where ir if various echoes exist?

I don't think there is. I've not been on an Apple-based BBS in decades.

Later,
Sean

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Hello Paul,

16 Jun 16 07:48 at you wrote to Bill Gordon:

this offer extends to anyone that wants it ;-)

All BBS systems are welcome in here, Paul, that's what the echo's for. :)

Later,
Sean

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On 06/18/16, Sean Dennis pondered and said...

this offer extends to anyone that wants it ;-)

All BBS systems are welcome in here, Paul, that's what the echo's for. :)

Cheers Sean... nice to chat with you, hope all is well with you and summer in the USA is treating you well. Mid-winter over here and I am over that :)

Best, Paul

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Paul Hayton wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Cheers Sean... nice to chat with you, hope all is well with you and
summer in the USA is treating you well. Mid-winter over here and I am
over that :)

It's been 32-33C for the past few weeks. While that's not super blazing
hot, it is unusual for my area (I'm up in the Appalachian Mountains). For
me, it's the high humidity that I can't handle. The heat is no problem, but for a US West Coast transplant like me here in the deep South, it's still something that isn't easily handled... :D

--Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Paul Hayton:

It's been 32-33C for the past few weeks. While that's not super

Wow... We're about the same, was 34c today with very high you can chew
the air humidity today. I have an a/c in the apartment so I don't care. :)
Mind you, we all sleep live in the living room. hahaha

Shawn

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I don't think there is. I've not been on an Apple-based BBS in decades.

Weather Station got it's first start on an Apple //c back in the early 80s. The
software running at the time was Apple Net 2.4. I remember a friend of mine converted the setup to run on a more modern OS (Pro-DOS).

If I have my dates correct, it wasn't until the mid-late 80s that I switched to
a PC based BBS (WWIV). It was WWIV 4.11 back in that era.

- Mark

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On 06/19/16, Sean Dennis pondered and said...

It's been 32-33C for the past few weeks. While that's not super blazing hot, it is unusual for my area (I'm up in the Appalachian Mountains).
For me, it's the high humidity that I can't handle. The heat is no problem, but for a US West Coast transplant like me here in the deep South, it's still something that isn't easily handled... :D

Wow - well it got to 8C here and a low tonight of 4C so we are right in the middle of the cold stuff now for where I am. If it would just stop raining..:)

Best, Paul

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Hello Shawn,

19 Jun 16 17:36 at you wrote to me:

Wow... We're about the same, was 34c today with very high you can
chew the air humidity today. I have an a/c in the apartment so I
don't care. :) Mind you, we all sleep live in the living room. hahaha

It's cooled down a little here but next week, it'll be up there again in both heat and humidity. Summer just comes busting in, knocking down the door. No wonder I love autumn. (Yes, I know I'm kinda breaking my own off-topic rule, but it's nice to have some chat too....)

I live in a 31-year-old motorhome that has working A/C thankfully...

Later,
Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

I live in a 31-year-old motorhome that has working A/C thankfully...

Insulated well for winter I hope? I know in spring / fall we go through
a whole pile of propane to keep the trailer warm. Furnace doesn't stop.

Our trailer is 1992, but one wall was replaced and it's probably not as
tight as it was from the factory. We just renovated it a bit by removing
the small futon and putting in a new better one from IKEA. ;)

Shawn

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Shawn Highfield wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Insulated well for winter I hope? I know in spring / fall we go

No, not really. I need to get a conversion kit for the propane furnace so I can hook up a 40-pound tank to the system so Felix and I don't freeze to
death over the winter again. Being out where I am, it's hard to get the motorhome into town every week to fill up the small internal propane tank.

Our trailer is 1992, but one wall was replaced and it's probably not
as
tight as it was from the factory. We just renovated it a bit by removing
the small futon and putting in a new better one from IKEA. ;)

Hey, that works. I'm reclaiming the dinette table by getting rid of this desktop I have on it; just bought a nice HP Elitebook 6390p laptop for $100 including shipping and tax. Waiting for it to arrive so I can have a lot
more room in the motorhome again.

On an on-topicizer: with the computer shuffling that will be going on when I get the laptop, I'll be moving the BBS to a very tiny HP "ultra small form factor" desktop. It's literally over half of the size of the current BBS machine so that will make it easier for me to tuck the BBS away in the
corner of my ham shack. It doesn't need much power or anything these days.

As I've said in here before, if Slackware can compile on the RPi 3 and I can get a DOS emulator working on it, I'd move the BBS to that too.

--Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

furnace so I can hook up a 40-pound tank to the system so Felix and
am, it's hard to get the motorhome into town every week to fill up
the small internal propane tank.

If you do the conversion, might I suggest a 100 pound tank? that's what
we have just for hot water, heat and cooking and keep in mind we're only
allowed there for 5 months. ;)

this desktop I have on it; just bought a nice HP Elitebook 6390p
laptop for $100 including shipping and tax. Waiting for it to
arrive so I can have a lot more room in the motorhome again.

Nice.

to tuck the BBS away in the corner of my ham shack. It doesn't need
much power or anything these days.

Very nice.

As I've said in here before, if Slackware can compile on the RPi 3
and I can get a DOS emulator working on it, I'd move the BBS to that
too.

I don't know about slackware. I will try to get a dos emulator working
on mine at some point and let ya know. I don't like this debian offshoot
but it does work and is quite stable so I'm learning to deal with debian.

Shawn

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