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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2012-02-20, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> * walt <w41ter@×××××.com> [120219 15:37]: |
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>>> On 02/18/2012 05:18 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>>> > Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how |
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>>> > easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? |
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>>> My guess is that the old farts that read this list could have their |
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>>> old dialup bulletin boards back on line in a day. Probably on the |
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>>> original hardware gathering dust in the attic :p |
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>> Naw, uucp on dialup on a Telebit Trailblazer 9600. :-) |
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> It's been a while since I set up a uucp node, but I think I could |
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> manage it in a couple hours if required. To paraphrase Damon Wayans, |
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> "Homey don't play BBS." I think I've got a USR sportster sitting |
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> around somewhere. What I don't have is a POTS line. |
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Hey, my family ran a 53-line MajorBBS/Worldgroup setup back in the |
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day, with between 30-50 consumer hardware modems. (Those v.Everythings |
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were sweet... 3coms were good, too. Anything Motorola after their 14.4 |
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model...not so much.) Don't knock the BBS. :) |
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Also, Citadel is still alive and kicking, too. :) |
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:wq |
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