My hobbies include anime, sci-fi, history,
amateur radio, electronics, and woodworking.
- Vaelen
Hey folks!
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
I run a BBS called "68k Mac Club" on my 90s Mac LCIII.
I'm from central Texas USA originally, but I've been
in Tokyo for the past 6 years.
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync. The board I hung out
on the most during that time was Cliffs of Insanity.
They had 14 lines, each with a 14.4kbps modem, so
there was a lot of multi-user chat happening there.
Anyway, thanks for adding my BBS to the network!
I look forward to talking to folks on here.
My hobbies include anime, sci-fi, history,
amateur radio, electronics, and woodworking.
- Vaelen
Hey folks!
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
I run a BBS called "68k Mac Club" on my 90s Mac LCIII.
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
I run a BBS called "68k Mac Club" on my 90s Mac LCIII.
I'm from central Texas USA originally, but I've been
Anyway, thanks for adding my BBS to the network!
I look forward to talking to folks on here.
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
I run a BBS called "68k Mac Club" on my 90s Mac LCIII.
My hobbies include anime, sci-fi, history,
amateur radio, electronics, and woodworking.
- Vaelen
Hey folks!
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync. The board I hung out
on the most during that time was Cliffs of Insanity.
Anyway, thanks for adding my BBS to the network!
I look forward to talking to folks on here.
My hobbies include anime, sci-fi, history,
amateur radio, electronics, and woodworking.
My name is Andrew, but I go by vaelen in most places.
I run a BBS called "68k Mac Club" on my 90s Mac LCIII.
you might consider checking out the HobbyNet conferenes.
A Babylon5 fan?
I'm also a HAM operator (not that active) ZL4PH and enjoy sci-fi too..
you might consider checking out the HobbyNet conferenes.
Thanks! I'll check those out. :)
- Vaelen
My hobbies include anime, sci-fi, history,
amateur radio, electronics, and woodworking.
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync. The board I hung out
on the most during that time was Cliffs of Insanity.
My callsign is JJ1OKA (US call sign NU8W). I talk to folks in NZ on FT-8 sometimes, mostly on 20 meters. My setup is fairly compact given the
small lot sizes in Tokyo.
I got back into the BBS scene in 2020 after lockdown. This is also when
I started getting into "retro" computing, which is sadly all about the machines I actually used as a kid, and is kind of depressing to think about some times. >D It's been a great experience though, the community
Anyway, thanks for adding my BBS to the network!
I look forward to talking to folks on here.
tenser, that was about the same time that I was running my board. I hate to say it, but I can't remember what I called it. I was not good at
naming things, so it was probably something like Starfleet. *lol* I was running QuickBBS also on a 486 under DOS. It was the same for me re: the internet. I worked for an ISP starting in 1996 (while still in HS) and
got an ISDN line to my house, which was blazing fast!
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync.
Hello vaelen!
** On Tuesday 23.01.24 - 17:58, vaelen wrote to All:
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync.
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look up:
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/
** On Tuesday 23.01.24 - 17:58, vaelen wrote to All:
Back in the 90s I ran a very small Star Trek themed
BBS in San Antonio, TX USA and at the time I had
Fidonet setup with the BBS dialing my parent in the
node list every day to sync.
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look up:
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/
I found that frustratingly difficult to search,
actually. It's fine if one knows a node number or
a name, but there was no way to look at, say, a
regional network.
tenser wrote to Ogg <=-
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look up:
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/
I found that frustratingly difficult to search,
actually. It's fine if one knows a node number or
a name, but there was no way to look at, say, a
regional network.
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look upWell, I'm not listed there, so I wonder what I was doing at the time.
You don't play guitar, do you?No, sadly not. :) I also didn't program Pascal at the time, I was still
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look upWell, I'm not listed there, so I wonder what I was doing at the time.
I know my board called a hub to pass mail and that I sent and received
mail from other boards though.
A Babylon5 fan?
Yeah, definitely! When I first went to get my domain name, Valen was already taken, so I ended up with Vaelen. (this was back in the 90s, and valen.com was a Babylon 5 fan site, I think.)
tenser wrote to Ogg <=-
The history of nodelisted sysops is easy to look up:
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/
I found that frustratingly difficult to search,
actually. It's fine if one knows a node number or
a name, but there was no way to look at, say, a
regional network.
Archived collections of nodelists are easy to find.
This particular collection goes back to 1984:
https://www.kuehlbox.wtf/files/fidohist/nodelist
No, sadly not. :) I also didn't program Pascal at the time, I was still really into BASIC at that point.
I worked for an ISP starting in 1996 (while still in HS) and got an ISDN line to my house, which was blazing fast!
Digital Man wrote to vaelen <=-
I worked for an ISP starting in 1996 (while still in HS) and got an ISDN line to my house, which was blazing fast!
I had ISDN for a whlie too (wrote software and firmware for an ISDN terminal adapter). 128Kbps baby! But charged per 64Kbps "B channel" per minute. Ouch.
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