• Hello World!

    From Dizzy@VERT/MORTAL to All on Tue Jul 18 19:13:01 2023
    Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/

    I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ My Brand-New BBS
  • From dyldyljkj19@VERT/ABINARY to Dizzy on Wed Jul 19 10:47:00 2023
    Hey dizzy, I lurk here and visit mrc chat from time to time. I don't see your board on bbstelnetguide, what its address? play any door games? I'm posting from archaicbinary but am also on neo-vintage.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/07 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Archaic Binary
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dyldyljkj19 on Wed Jul 19 12:46:27 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: dyldyljkj19 to Dizzy on Wed Jul 19 2023 10:47 am

    Hey dizzy, I lurk here and visit mrc chat from time to time. I don't see your board on bbstelnetguide, what its address? play any door games? I'm posting from archaicbinary but am also on neo-vintage.

    he was posting from
    mortalbbs.com
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  • From Ewing@VERT/MORTAL to MRO on Thu Jul 20 10:50:46 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to dyldyljkj19 on Wed Jul 19 2023 12:46 pm

    he was posting from
    mortalbbs.com

    Yep, came from my system.

    There was a brief window where the tagline wasn't setup correctly (I've just rebuilt the system on Linux from the Windows Server 2003 server it was running on before) but that's now been corrected!

    Welcome to my BBS Dizzy, and hello world! to everyone else!

    -Ewing

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Mortal BBS - Blue Mountains, Australia - bbs.mortalbbs.com:23
  • From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to Dizzy on Thu Jul 20 06:55:00 2023
    Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/

    I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?

    OH man.. you're fucked! :) I mean, welcome.

    -h1

    ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.
  • From Neko@VERT/MIYANET to Dizzy on Wed Jul 26 23:23:46 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/

    I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?

    Welcome to BBSing!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ MIYANET - miyanet.moe:(22/23/80/119) | +48 74 884 38 60
  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 19:34:01 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 19:39:17 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hi Dizzy and welcome,
    Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol
    Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ My Brand-New BBS
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 13:52:18 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...Ahhhhhhhh, I forget what I was going to say.
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 13:55:42 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 07:13 pm

    Hey there Dizzy here ^-^/

    I'm brand new to BBS and i've been wanting to get to know the community hidden in the shadows, so I'm curious how's it going?

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ My Brand-New BBS

    youre in good company ^^

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...The older you get, the more important is is not to act your age.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ -=[ ConstructiveChaos BBS | conchaos.synchro.net ]=-
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 12:54:50 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hi Dizzy and welcome,
    Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    you should set your bbs from line
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to candycane on Thu Jul 27 12:31:13 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 2023 01:52 pm

    I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out

    BBSes originally weren't connected to the internet.. Some added internet connectivity in the mid-90s, allowing users to connect to FTP sites to download files & such though.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Thu Jul 27 15:09:00 2023
    MRO wrote to GenFx <=-

    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hi Dizzy and welcome,
    Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    you should set your bbs from line
    ---
    = Synchronet = ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    wait, what is that? how would you set that

    ... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ -=[ ConstructiveChaos BBS | conchaos.synchro.net ]=-
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Thu Jul 27 17:04:03 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 03:09 pm

    MRO wrote to GenFx <=-

    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hi Dizzy and welcome,
    Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    you should set your bbs from line
    ---
    = Synchronet = ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    wait, what is that? how would you set that


    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 17:39:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to candycane <=-

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 2023 01:52 pm

    I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out

    BBSes originally weren't connected to the internet.. Some added
    internet connectivity in the mid-90s, allowing users to connect to FTP sites to download files & such though.

    Nightfox

    ---
    = Synchronet = Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

    oh sorry, i kinda associated it with internet because it was a server you connected to lol

    ... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ -=[ ConstructiveChaos BBS | conchaos.synchro.net ]=-
  • From Digital Man@VERT to candycane on Thu Jul 27 17:57:04 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 2023 05:39 pm

    oh sorry, i kinda associated it with internet because it was a server you connected to lol

    Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered off or used for other purposes at any time. The term "server" at the time was more widely used to refer to system dedicated to provide a specific type of physical resource ("file server", "print server", "modem server"). Even early Internet servers (mail, FTP, Gopher, etc.) were usually just called "hosts", not servers.
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #17:
    CRC = Cyclic Redunancy Check
    Norco, CA WX: 92.7øF, 34.0% humidity, 8 mph S wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Thu Jul 27 20:14:00 2023
    MRO wrote to candycane <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 03:09 pm

    MRO wrote to GenFx <=-

    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: Dizzy to All on Tue Jul 18 2023 19:13:01

    Hi Dizzy and welcome,
    Im kinda new too or maybe im just a noob as you can tell from a blank message ^^
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol Its cold in the shadows, I hope you have extra blankets and snacks :P

    you should set your bbs from line
    ---
    = Synchronet = ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    wait, what is that? how would you set that


    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?
    ---
    = Synchronet = ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    well no, sorry

    ... "42? 7 and a half million years and all you can come up with is 42?!"
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Thu Jul 27 21:40:32 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:14 pm

    MRO wrote to candycane <=-
    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
    do you even run a bbs?
    well no, sorry


    are you the guy posting over there was genfx?
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    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Digital Man on Thu Jul 27 20:20:00 2023
    Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 2023 05:39 pm

    oh sorry, i kinda associated it with internet because it was a server you connected to lol

    Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered
    off or used for other purposes at any time. The term "server" at the
    time was more widely used to refer to system dedicated to provide a specific type of physical resource ("file server", "print server",
    "modem server"). Even early Internet servers (mail, FTP, Gopher, etc.) were usually just called "hosts", not servers. --
    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #17:
    CRC = Cyclic Redunancy Check
    Norco, CA WX: 92.7øF, 34.0% humidity, 8 mph S wind, 0.00 inches
    rain/24hrs ---
    = Synchronet = Vertrauen = Home of Synchronet = [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

    oo cool!! sounds like a fun time

    ... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Thu Jul 27 23:40:04 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Thu Jul 27 2023 09:40 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:14 pm

    MRO wrote to candycane <=-
    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
    do you even run a bbs?
    well no, sorry


    are you the guy posting over there was genfx?
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    what is genfx?

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...We have phasers; I vote we blast 'em!
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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to MRO on Fri Jul 28 14:09:56 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 2023 12:54:50

    you should set your bbs from line
    Oki thanks, I did forget that after moving the bbs to a VM

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    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info
  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to candycane on Fri Jul 28 14:33:28 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Jul 27 2023 13:52:18

    I personally only knew BBS as like an old internet thing, just recently learned that they were still around and decided to try one out

    candycane

    Things sure have changed alot, I love that you know it as an old internet thing. I think of it as the start of the internet too and I love the sentiment ^^
    There is still something special about the internet being in the hands of the people imo
    I hope you find it as rewarding as I have

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info
  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to candycane on Fri Jul 28 08:01:00 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Digital Man on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:20 pm

    oo cool!! sounds like a fun time

    Everyone was more or less local too. I met some of my real life best friends by posting messages like this and then meeting up in real life.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Fri Jul 28 12:00:23 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to candycane on Fri Jul 28 2023 02:33 pm

    There is still something special about the internet being in the hands of the people imo
    I hope you find it as rewarding as I have

    so do i, so far its been fun tho

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...I've already got a female to worry about. Her name is the Enterprise.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 07:31:00 2023
    Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-

    Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered
    off or used for other purposes at any time.

    I should have called my BBS back in the '90s the "Conspiracy Server".

    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
    me as Poindexter, though. Small world.



    ... UNPRISON YOUR THINK RHINO
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Fri Jul 28 08:26:00 2023
    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?

    I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's posts, it is
    probably someone else who needs to fix it.


    * SLMR 2.1a * In Stereo where available. .elbaliava erehw oeretS nI

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to The Lizard Master on Fri Jul 28 12:01:34 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:01 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Digital Man on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:20 pm

    oo cool!! sounds like a fun time

    Everyone was more or less local too. I met some of my real life best friends by posting messages like this and then meeting up in real life.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...

    that sounds magical, wish i couldve been there

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...Get too many irons in your fire and you'll put it out.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Fri Jul 28 15:31:01 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:26 am

    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?

    I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.



    i was talking to the genfx dude and cc was acting like i was talking to him https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
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    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jul 28 16:01:58 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:31 am

    I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
    me as Poindexter, though. Small world.

    hey same, mostly because "candy" is similar to my irl name so its a common ish nickname for me

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Dumas Walker on Fri Jul 28 16:03:30 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:26 am

    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?

    I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.


    * SLMR 2.1a * In Stereo where available. .elbaliava erehw oeretS nI

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP

    just call me candy, heh
    ive been jumping between some bbs's but i think ill stick with conchaos

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jul 28 14:41:51 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:31 am

    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    The origins of the word Sysop (or SysOp) predate BBSes, but definitely fell out of favor for those "other" uses (i.e. mainframe operators) during the BBS era.
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Rush quote #18:
    Leave out condition, courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence Norco, CA WX: 89.1øF, 50.0% humidity, 17 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
    þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Fri Jul 28 17:13:00 2023
    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    I have worked at a business with a mainframe for 25+ years now. The only person I ever remember being called a sysop was the guy who used to run the dial-up bbs that was taken down about the time I started working there.

    They announced that he was the former sysop at his retirement. IIRC, I
    think the BBS ran Opus or something like it.

    But I have heard that is where the term comes from. ;)


    * SLMR 2.1a * This just in: Research causes cancer in rats!

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Fri Jul 28 18:41:39 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Fri Jul 28 2023 03:31 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:26 am

    https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png

    do you even run a bbs?

    I have run into candycane on another network. CC is a user of a
    couple of BBSes. If the origin line is missing from some of CC's
    posts, it is probably someone else who needs to fix it.



    i was talking to the genfx dude and cc was acting like i was talking to him https://i.imgur.com/5cGaAPG.png
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    ah, sorry if i did that ^^"

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...Any stigma is good enough to beat a dogma with.
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  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 08:24:34 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:31 am

    Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day. BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted or powered off or used for other purposes at any time.

    I should have called my BBS back in the '90s the "Conspiracy Server".

    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
    me as Poindexter, though. Small world.

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dumas Walker on Sat Jul 29 07:29:00 2023
    Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

    I have worked at a business with a mainframe for 25+ years now. The
    only person I ever remember being called a sysop was the guy who used
    to run the dial-up bbs that was taken down about the time I started working there.

    The admin/power level login in OS/400 was called QSYSOPR, I recall
    people talking about "logging in as sysop", but not referring to someone
    as "sysop".

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 07:46:00 2023
    The Lizard Master wrote to candycane <=-

    Everyone was more or less local too. I met some of my real life best friends by posting messages like this and then meeting up in real life.

    While there's a lot the current incarnation of BBSes has to offer, the
    dial-up era was pretty nice, for what you mention. We had a local
    othernet called NIRVANAnet, and we'd arrange get-togethers at least
    quarterly. You'd get to meet the people you were arguing with
    face-to-face, hang out and drink/eat with people you liked, share bits
    about your real life with others, and occasionally meet and date someone
    you'd met through the BBS.

    There were a lot more local topics discussed and more local messages,
    which gave BBSes an individual personality some lack now. In 1991,
    during Desert Storm, BBSes were an interesting uncensored view of the
    protests in San Francisco.

    I don't miss busy signals, though. Now, you telnet into a specific BBS
    and expect to get in. Back then, you'd set up a handful of BBSes into a
    dialing queue and connect to whichever answered first after dozens or
    hundreds of busy signals. Anyone with a roommate learned the Hayes
    command to turn the speaker off!




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  • From Ewing@VERT/MORTAL to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 00:35:52 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ewing on Sat Jul 29 13:46:20 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    lots of dorks said SYE-SOP

    i always said sysop as in siss if i even said that.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 14:40:04 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:31 am

    Yup, but we didn't call BBS computers "servers" back in the day.
    BBSes were (mostly) just run on someone's PC that may be rebooted
    or powered off or used for other purposes at any time.

    I should have called my BBS back in the '90s the "Conspiracy Server".

    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    I have had at least one person at almost every position I've had know
    me as Poindexter, though. Small world.

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...

    i say siss-op personally

    candycane

    ===
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Ewing on Sat Jul 29 14:41:52 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the
    .gif controversy.

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Mortal BBS - Blue Mountains, Australia - bbs.mortalbbs.com:23

    maybe with an accent you do?

    candycane

    ===
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    ...This tagline is SHAREWARE! To register, send me $10
    ---
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 13:02:44 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:24 am

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop" or "siss-op".

    Years ago, I watched "BBS: The Documentary" by Jason Scott, and there was a person in there who said he preferred "sye-sop" because he thought "siss-op" sounded too close to "sissy op".

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Ewing on Sat Jul 29 13:03:45 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif
    controversy.

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 17:28:59 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Ewing on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:03 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    candycane

    ===
    user is generated from /dev/urandom

    ...Dead people are cool
    ---
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 17:02:55 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop"

    okay say those both. dont they sound the same
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to candycane on Sat Jul 29 16:14:20 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I
    didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was
    12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    I had just got my own computer at the time, along with a modem which I had used to start calling local BBSes.. I was curious about it, and I did start running a BBS a couple years later.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Sat Jul 29 19:23:39 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:02 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"

    okay say those both. dont they sound the same
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

    Maybe the difference is in word stress and spacing?

    candycane

    ===
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    ...Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.
    ---
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Jul 29 16:59:21 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:02 pm

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"

    okay say those both. dont they sound the same

    No.. The first one would have a Z sound, and the 2nd one would have an S sound. I don't know how you'd get the same sound from both.

    https://youtu.be/Up2qnhZzNss?t=31

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 20:15:15 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Jul 29 2023 04:59 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:02 pm

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"

    okay say those both. dont they sound the same

    No.. The first one would have a Z sound, and the 2nd one would have an S

    NO...

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"


    those 2. sound the same.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 22:02:43 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Sat Jul 29 2023 04:14 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop".
    I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system".
    But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing
    interest

    I had just got my own computer at the time, along with a modem which I had used to start calling local BBSes.. I was curious about it, and I did start running a BBS a couple years later.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

    wow, neat!

    candycane

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    ---
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Sat Jul 29 21:33:00 2023
    MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop"

    okay say those both. dont they sound the same

    No. They don't.



    ... He's as sharp as a marble.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL
  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 21:36:00 2023
    The Lizard Master wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Sysop is pretty much a BBS-only thing, odd since it harkens back to an
    old mainframe role. I've never been called a sysop at work before.

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like
    the .gif controversy.

    Siss.



    ... At the end of the day, it gets dark.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL
  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 21:37:00 2023
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    The admin/power level login in OS/400 was called QSYSOPR, I
    recall people talking about "logging in as sysop", but not
    referring to someone as "sysop".

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

    The only correct answer is Siss.



    ... Dawn crept across the lawn, searching for her car keys.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Jul 29 22:46:26 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:15 pm

    No.. The first one would have a Z sound, and the 2nd one would have an S

    NO...

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"


    those 2. sound the same.

    Stop trolling.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 03:19:23 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Jul 29 2023 10:46 pm

    NO...

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either
    "sye-sop"


    those 2. sound the same.

    Stop trolling.

    i think you're just confused.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 08:11:50 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 07:46 am

    While there's a lot the current incarnation of BBSes has to offer, the dial-up era was pretty nice, for what you mention. We had a local
    othernet called NIRVANAnet, and we'd arrange get-togethers at least quarterly. You'd get to meet the people you were arguing with
    face-to-face, hang out and drink/eat with people you liked, share bits
    about your real life with others, and occasionally meet and date someone you'd met through the BBS.

    Yeah, great memories!

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to Ewing on Sun Jul 30 08:15:55 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    I agree, but we might be wrong.

    It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai * suhp.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 08:17:12 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:02 pm

    Do you pronounce it size-op or siss-op? That's been heated like the .gif controversy.

    I've never heard "size-op", but I've heard people pronounce it either "sye-sop" or "siss-op".

    Years ago, I watched "BBS: The Documentary" by Jason Scott, and there was a person in there who said he preferred "sye-sop" because he thought "siss-op" sounded too close to "sissy op".

    Nightfox

    My ear heard it as sizeop, but I did mean more like sye-sop. I haven't watched the doc in a while, forgot that was addressed!

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to candycane on Sun Jul 30 08:18:10 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling around. What a cool time that was.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...
  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 08:43:00 2023
    The admin/power level login in OS/400 was called QSYSOPR, I recall
    people talking about "logging in as sysop", but not referring to someone
    as "sysop".

    Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before
    this one (the mainframe shop). The weird thinga bout that place was that a whole lot of the daily order and inventory processing got done on a "Baby/36" and another system that were both running on PCs. The results got loaded to the OS/400. I think what it was mostly used for was generating reports and some other misc tasks.

    It didn't really occur to me at the time, but that seems rather backwards
    and a waste of processing power. Data entry was done on a separate server
    and was loaded to the "Baby/36" for processing.

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

    Siss-op. :)


    * SLMR 2.1a * True Multitasking = 3 PCs and a chair with wheels!

    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 10:15:15 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:18 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I
    didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I
    was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling around. What a cool time that was.

    ---TLM

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...

    yea sounds like it was!
    user generated from /dev/urandom

    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to Dumas Walker on Sun Jul 30 10:16:32 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:43 am

    Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Digital Man@VERT to candycane on Sun Jul 30 13:02:40 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one. --
    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #3:
    ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 15:33:33 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to Ewing on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:15 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 12:35 am

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    I agree, but we might be wrong.

    It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai * suhp.


    nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Sun Jul 30 15:34:39 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Dumas Walker on Sun Jul 30 2023 10:16 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:43 am

    Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom


    i think he meant as400
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to all on Sun Jul 30 15:46:52 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:18 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 05:28 pm

    When I first saw the word "sysop", my first thought was "sye-sop". I didn't know at the time that the "sys" was short for "system". But I was 12 years old at the time.. :)

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling around. What a cool time that was.


    I started bbsing in the early 90s and RUNNING a bbs in early to mid 90s.
    mid 90s was when the web was taking off and we were losing people to the web/internet.

    This time period is usually called 'the third wave' and it was suprisingly very active, maybe even more than years before.

    If you have a sysop who's in his mid 40s like me, they are a mid wave sysop.

    I started my system when the bbses in my area started to dwindle and I ended up running one of the more popular bbses in my region despite only having one phone line. there was one around me that had multiple lines and provided internet access, but they shut down.

    I never really wanted to be a sysop but I knew there was a hole to fill and I really met a lot of great people through bbses. On my bbs my users were my friends, and that is something you don't really get in the telnet age of bbses. we all ended up being actual friends and some of us met in groups or just other types of meetups.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 15:12:02 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to Ewing on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:15 am

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    I agree, but we might be wrong.

    It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai * suhp.

    Indeed it was "siss". And where I am, I'd never heard anyone say "size-op".. Always "siss-op" or "sye-sop".

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Sun Jul 30 15:14:36 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:34 pm

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom


    i think he meant as400

    OS/400 was the original operating system of the IBM AS/400.
    --
    digital man (rob)

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    If I had to guess, I'd say that [Tortuga] is Spanish for asshole. - Hank
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 15:17:47 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 01:02 pm

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.

    When I started running a BBS (1994), I knew a few kids at school who knew what a BBS was, but it seemed not very many knew about them. I was telling one of my friends (who was familiar with computers) about it when I started mine, and he said "What's a BBS?"

    At the same time, I did have one or two friends who called it a few times. And there was one kid who I think even said he went to my high school, but I hadn't met him in person. We played a lot of Doom over the modem in the summer of 1995 though, sometimes until around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning..

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 16:11:57 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:17 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 01:02 pm

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing interest

    Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.

    When I started running a BBS (1994), I knew a few kids at school who knew what a BBS was, but it seemed not very many knew about them. I was telling one of my friends (who was familiar with computers) about it when I started mine, and he said "What's a BBS?"

    True, I didn't mean to imply that "most kids" knew what a BBS or a sysop was. Most kids (or people in general) did not know they existed. I should have said "I and most users desired to become one."
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #40:
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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sun Jul 30 15:58:00 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm

    nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---

    whos gallagher?

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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 16:00:28 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:12 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to Ewing on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:15 am

    I've always said siss-op. As in System Operator.

    You don't say size-tem.. :)

    I agree, but we might be wrong.

    It was one of the strangest things I heard when I talked to people in
    real life. I heard them say sizeop, and I kept saying wouldn't it be siss
    as in System? Folks in the sizeop category always claimed it was correct
    phonetically. In fact if you look up sysop pronunciation it says sai *
    suhp.

    Indeed it was "siss". And where I am, I'd never heard anyone say "size-op".. Always "siss-op" or "sye-sop".

    Nightfox

    yea, i dont think ive heard ANYONE not pronounce "sys" as "siss"

    ===
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    ---
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to candycane on Sun Jul 30 16:19:40 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:00 pm

    yea, i dont think ive heard ANYONE not pronounce "sys" as "siss"

    I usually say "sizz" (soft 's'). <shrug>
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to candycane on Sun Jul 30 16:29:14 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm

    whos gallagher?

    You haven't heard of Gallagher?
    He's a comedian who was most active in the 80s, and part of his act was often smashing watermelons (and sometimes other melons and vegetables).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian)
    https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE

    Nightfox

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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 18:29:00 2023
    Digital Man wrote to MRO <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:34 pm

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom


    i think he meant as400

    OS/400 was the original operating system of the IBM AS/400.
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    oh cool, i havent heard of that before!

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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 16:39:11 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:29 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm

    whos gallagher?

    You haven't heard of Gallagher?
    He's a comedian who was most active in the 80s, and part of his act was often smashing watermelons (and sometimes other melons and vegetables).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian) https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE

    Nightfox

    oh cool, i know i've seen the watermelon smashing thing but i didn't know where it
    was from!

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 16:47:15 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:19 pm

    I usually say "sizz" (soft 's'). <shrug>

    Haha... https://youtu.be/lOWKGXpl9E0

    sippin' on sizzurp... sip, sippin' on some, sip...

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 19:44:41 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:17 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 01:02 pm

    Did you want to become one as a kid? Or was it more a passing

    interest

    Sysops were "all powerful" and so yeah, I and most kids desired to become one.

    When I started running a BBS (1994), I knew a few kids at school who knew what a BBS was, but it seemed not very many knew about them. I was telling one of my friends (who was familiar with computers) about it when I started mine, and he said "What's a BBS?"

    we had a sysop named dr death. when we found out his real name, i saw him in highschool. this guy was the biggest fat dork in the school. fat, dirty, had curley blonde hair afro.

    Online he acted like mr cool. like online he acted like he had to carry around his nuts in a wheel barrel.

    He even kicked me off several times just for no reason after insulting me. he did that with other users too. probably because he only had one computer.
    years later he called my telnet bbs and i bunted his ass off just for kicks.

    i see him on fb. he probably is less of a dick now. https://i.imgur.com/E0V1ACF.png

    but back to the 90s... back then not everyone was online
    not everyone had a computer in the home. things were different.

    america online changed that because it was essentially a main stream bbs.

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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 18:42:19 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:19 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:00 pm

    yea, i dont think ive heard ANYONE not pronounce "sys" as "siss"

    I usually say "sizz" (soft 's'). <shrug>
    --
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    close enough, heh ^^

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  • From candycane@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sun Jul 30 18:44:07 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 07:44 pm

    but back to the 90s... back then not everyone was online
    not everyone had a computer in the home. things were different.

    america online changed that because it was essentially a main stream bbs.

    ohh neat so it was an underground scene
    (still is nowadays ^^)

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to all on Mon Jul 31 00:50:52 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm

    nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM
    ---
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  • From Hustler@VERT/DMINE to Nightfox on Mon Jul 31 10:42:32 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 04:29 pm

    You haven't heard of Gallagher?
    He's a comedian who was most active in the 80s, and part of his act was often smashing watermelons (and sometimes other melons and vegetables).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian) https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE

    Me and my Ex loved him. Her parents had Showtime so we watched him whenver he was on. Geez.. that was a longtime ago.
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  • From Hustler@VERT/REALITY to GenFx on Mon Jul 31 08:45:57 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Dizzy on Thu Jul 27 2023 07:39 pm

    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol

    Huh? Most BBS's are free?


    |12HusTler


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  • From Hustler@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Mon Jul 31 08:56:21 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:17 pm

    At the same time, I did have one or two friends who called it a few times. A there was one kid who I think even said he went to my high school, but I had met him in person. We played a lot of Doom over the modem in the summer of 1995
    though, sometimes until around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning..

    Yea.. Same thing here. I became very good friends with other SysOps. We would have user meets at the local Diner and Roller Rink. Before Doom we played Perfect General over the phone. It took some time before I could afford a PC that could run Doom. We played Castle Wolfenstein if anyone remembers that ;-)


    |12HusTler


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to CANDYCANE on Mon Jul 31 09:10:00 2023
    Hey, I remember that now! We had an OS/400 at the place I worked before

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?

    Yes, sort of. I said we had an "OS/400," but that is not correct. The
    machine is an IBM AS/400 and the OS it runs is OS/400. OS/400 is the
    operating system that IBM designed for the AS/400 line.

    The AS/400 is a line of machines used mostly by businesses, schools, and government agencies that was a step or two below a mainframe. So it had a
    lot more power than a desktop machine and allowed multiple users like a mainframe.

    I would not doubt that someone somewhere has managed to emulate OS/400
    on a PC, like they have earlier mainframe OSes, but OS/400 is mostly going
    to be found on AS/400 equipment, and the newer equipment that IBM created
    to replace those machines.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Mon Jul 31 09:01:00 2023
    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom

    i think he meant as400

    I did indeed. ;) OS/400 is the operating system that runs on one.
    1996 does not seem like that long ago, and yet it does.


    * SLMR 2.1a * Ensign Pillsbury? He's BREAD, Jim......

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Jul 31 09:13:00 2023
    True, I didn't mean to imply that "most kids" knew what a BBS or a sysop was.

    st kids (or people in general) did not know they existed. I should have said
    I
    and most users desired to become one."

    I think my desire to become one stemmed from thinking that BBSes were neat and also wanting to pull in more echo areas than were available locally. This would have been 1988 where everything was still dial-up.

    I also wanted to learn more about computers and that was a good way to
    learn about DOS.


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Mon Jul 31 10:20:01 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to all on Mon Jul 31 2023 12:50 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm

    nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM

    I like this version of that skit better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfz3kFNVopk

    And George Carlin had a lot of good skits on English too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11lEtj-MuMk
    --
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Hustler on Mon Jul 31 11:20:55 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Hustler to GenFx on Mon Jul 31 2023 08:45 am

    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol

    Huh? Most BBS's are free?

    I thought he had meant being able to afford a computer & phone line to run a BBS, software registrations, etc..

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Mon Jul 31 22:51:27 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Jul 31 2023 09:01 am

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom

    i think he meant as400

    I did indeed. ;) OS/400 is the operating system that runs on one.
    1996 does not seem like that long ago, and yet it does.


    * SLMR 2.1a * Ensign Pillsbury? He's BREAD, Jim......

    i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.
    ---
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HUSTLER on Tue Aug 1 09:10:00 2023
    I always envied the BBS crowd and could never afford it back in the day lol

    Huh? Most BBS's are free?

    Maybe they couldn't afford the hardware or the long distance charges?


    * SLMR 2.1a * "I'd like to buy a schwa, Pat."

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to candycane on Tue Aug 1 07:09:00 2023
    candycane wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?

    OS/400 is the operating system run on old AS/400s. It's gone through
    name changes, but that was the name back in the 90s.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Hustler on Tue Aug 1 07:15:00 2023
    Hustler wrote to GenFx <=-

    Huh? Most BBS's are free?

    Maybe they meant running a BBS? Having a dedicated computer and phone
    line was expensive. I'm surprised I could justify having a phone line
    for the BBS when I started out, as I wasn't making a lot back then. The
    computer was a cast-off from work.

    One benefit of running a BBS was being able to be on message networks
    and collect files without having to call out and run the risk of LD
    charges or ul/dl ratios. You could let the BBS do all the calling for
    you, and people would upload files *to* you for a change!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MRO on Tue Aug 1 07:20:00 2023
    MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.

    I toyed around with making a BBS menu that looked like an OS/400
    terminal screen.



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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 1 15:23:00 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Tue Aug 01 2023 07:20 am

    MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.

    I toyed around with making a BBS menu that looked like an OS/400
    terminal screen.



    ... The Six who went among the makers is no longer.
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    sounds super cool, can you send a scrshot?

    candycane

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Wed Aug 2 07:35:00 2023
    is OS/400 a os? is it like OS/2?
    user generated from /dev/urandom

    i think he meant as400

    I did indeed. ;) OS/400 is the operating system that runs on one.
    1996 does not seem like that long ago, and yet it does.


    i miss as400. i still put it on my resume.

    I have put it on mine also, even though my interactions with it were much
    less than others in my shop. I was the primary operator of the "Baby/36"
    and the other PC based system, both of which probably could have better
    used the power of an AS400.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Wed Aug 2 20:22:20 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Jul 31 2023 10:20 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to all on Mon Jul 31 2023 12:50 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:58 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Sun Jul 30 2023 03:33 pm

    nothing is correct in the english language. did you ever see gallagher's act? ---



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM

    I like this version of that skit better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfz3kFNVopk

    And George Carlin had a lot of good skits on English too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11lEtj-MuMk

    gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online anywhere.
    ---
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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to Hustler on Thu Aug 3 19:38:16 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Hustler to GenFx on Mon Jul 31 2023 08:45:57


    Huh? Most BBS's are free?

    True, I just meant the hardware and phone costs.
    I was in rural Australia during that era so it was very hard to find people interested in computers and even just finding computers and accesories was difficult. Things got easier once IBM compatibles became mainstream.
    Maybe it was just me, I really never felt comfortable talking to people and was just happy to talk to the computer.

    ---
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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to Nightfox on Thu Aug 3 19:39:30 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Hustler on Mon Jul 31 2023 11:20:55

    I thought he had meant being able to afford a computer & phone line to run a BBS, software registrations, etc..

    Nightfox

    yup ^^

    ---
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Thu Aug 3 09:43:03 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Aug 02 2023 08:22 pm

    gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online anywhere.

    I'd heard something about that. I remember also hearing something about Gallagher's brother doing the same melon-smashing comedy act and trying to make money from it, and Gallagher suied him for it:

    https://rb.gy/khrd5

    Full link:

    https://www.grunge.com/1098039/gallagher-once-sued-his-brother-for-stealing-his -act/

    Nightfox

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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to The Lizard Master on Thu Aug 3 07:27:00 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 09:18 am

    For me, I almost immediately wanted to host one once I started calling aroun

    My first computer was a Tandy 1000HX with a modem. I immediately wanted to run a BBS and it kinda started there on a floppy. It's probably for all the same reasons others mentioned. Sysop didn't seem legit until US Robotics offered a buy one get one free deal on the HST Dual Standard modems. After that being a sysop seemed legit :)

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Thu Aug 3 21:42:20 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to Hustler on Thu Aug 03 2023 07:38 pm

    mainstream. Maybe it was just me, I really never felt comfortable talking to people and was just happy to talk to the computer.

    Same, I'm not good at talking in person.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Thu Aug 3 21:43:54 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:43 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Aug 02 2023 08:22 pm

    gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and
    it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then
    it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his
    whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online
    anywhere.

    I'd heard something about that. I remember also hearing something about Gallagher's brother doing the same melon-smashing comedy act and trying to make money from it, and Gallagher suied him for it:

    https://rb.gy/khrd5

    Full link:

    https://www.grunge.com/1098039/gallagher-once-sued-his-brother-for-stealin g-his -act/

    Nightfox

    ---
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    Ah, brotherly love. Then again, it was rude to steal their act without asking.

    candycane

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Thu Aug 3 23:18:01 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:43 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Aug 02 2023 08:22 pm

    gallagher was a real interesting guy. pbs had a biography on him and it really went deep into his childhood and young adult years. then it went into the trouble he had with his brother and it said his whole family sided with the brother. i can not find it online anywhere.

    I'd heard something about that. I remember also hearing something about Gallagher's brother doing the same melon-smashing comedy act and trying to make money from it, and Gallagher suied him for it:

    they had an arrangement where the real one gave his brother SOME permission
    to do SOME things, and identify himself as not being the real gallagher.
    then he just kept doing it.

    i wouldn't be surprised if he's doing it now since his brother is dead.
    i tried looking into him and he didn't do anything notable except an appearance in a 2012 documentary within reach.

    he could probably go to china and do the act.
    ---
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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to candycane on Fri Aug 4 17:37:50 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Aug 03 2023 21:42:20

    Same, I'm not good at talking in person.

    candycane

    thanks, im glad im in good company ^^

    ---
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  • From HusTler@VERT/BTTMLSS to GenFx on Fri Aug 4 07:45:00 2023
    Huh? Most BBS's are free?

    True, I just meant the hardware and phone costs.
    I was in rural Australia during that era so it was very hard to find peopl interested in computers and even just finding computers and accesories was difficult. Things got easier once IBM compatibles became mainstream.

    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily
    for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them
    all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
    and hope you stick around for a while.

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Fri Aug 4 08:53:52 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 05:37 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Thu Aug 03 2023 21:42:20

    Same, I'm not good at talking in person.

    candycane

    thanks, im glad im in good company ^^

    ---
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    You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good company. ^^

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to HusTler on Fri Aug 4 11:21:09 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am

    Huh? Most BBS's are free?
    >
    True, I just meant the hardware and phone costs.
    I was in rural Australia during that era so it was very hard to find peopl
    interested in computers and even just finding computers and accesories was
    difficult. Things got easier once IBM compatibles became mainstream.

    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store
    bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them
    all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
    and hope you stick around for a while.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net

    Wow, that's pretty cool! I haven't seen print ads for computer stuff in years.

    candycane

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    ...A husband is what is left of a man after the nerve is extracted.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to HusTler on Fri Aug 4 09:36:31 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am

    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.

    The area where I live had a local BBS list that someone maintained monthly in text format, and it was passed around to the various BBSes here. There was also a local free computer magazine that could often be found in convenience stores, some grocery stores, and the library, and they had a section for BBS ads toward the back. I had advertised my BBS in there for a while.

    Nightfox

    ---
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  • From Dredster@VERT/CAVERNS to Nightfox on Fri Aug 4 13:33:09 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Fri Aug 04 2023 09:36 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am

    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and
    advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd
    print
    out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and
    hope
    you stick around for a while.

    The area where I live had a local BBS list that someone maintained monthly in text format, and it was passed
    around to the various BBSes here. There was also a local free computer magazine that could often be found in
    convenience stores, some grocery stores, and the library, and they had a section for BBS ads toward the back.
    I
    had advertised my BBS in there for a while.

    Nightfox


    We had a similar thing going on in Oklahoma City back in the day. It was called the 405 area bbs list. It was picked up and stored at http://bbslist.textfiles.com/405/ but the bbslist.textfiles.com site has a lot of old, and possibly some current, bbs listings..



    Dred

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to HusTler on Fri Aug 4 17:10:25 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am


    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily

    being into computers is not a 'thing' anymore.
    people have their phones or other devices.

    for gaming people have playstations, etc which do a better job overall.
    most workplaces have thinclients for workstations.
    ---
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Fri Aug 4 17:17:19 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53 am


    You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good company. ^^

    candycane


    not a nerd, more like mentally ill
    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Fri Aug 4 21:09:36 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 05:17 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53 am


    You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good
    company. ^^

    candycane


    not a nerd, more like mentally ill
    ---
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    Then it's the second community spawned from old tech that I'm a part of where the members are (jokingly called) insane.

    candycane

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  • From Holdfast@VERT/PIRATE to candycane on Fri Aug 4 22:14:21 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to HusTler on Fri Aug 04 2023 11:21 am

    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a > Hu> and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store
    bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them
    all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land
    and hope you stick around for a while.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net

    Wow, that's pretty cool! I haven't seen print ads for computer stuff in years.

    I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back and they still wanted to
    charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put
    one online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ The Pirate BBS | piratebbs:1337
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Fri Aug 4 23:04:26 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Fri Aug 04 2023 09:09 pm

    Then it's the second community spawned from old tech that I'm a part of where the members are (jokingly called) insane.

    candycane

    who was joking
    ---
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Holdfast on Fri Aug 4 23:05:29 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Holdfast to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 10:14 pm

    I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.

    does it? who's doing it? the only guys i know who were doing it shut it down pretty quick.
    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Sat Aug 5 04:01:42 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 11:04 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Fri Aug 04 2023 09:09 pm

    Then it's the second community spawned from old tech that I'm a part
    of where the members are (jokingly called) insane.

    candycane

    who was joking
    ---
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    Ah, c'mon. You're not insane for being interested in old tech..

    candycane

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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to HusTler on Sun Aug 6 00:31:37 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45:00

    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users. Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.
    not quite that remote lol (just a small country town)
    a C64 in the outback would be quite a sight!
    What a clever Idea, How was the response to the ads?
    Thankyou, it's nice here ill stick around :)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info
  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to HusTler on Sat Aug 5 11:03:48 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45 am

    for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad you've made it to BBS land

    That's a good idea. I wonder if you'd get any callers today putting a printed BBS ad on a bunch of grocery store bulletin boards :). Hmm, need to test this. But, need an attractive printed ad, first.

    ---
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Holdfast on Sat Aug 5 12:39:38 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Holdfast to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 10:14 pm

    I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms - They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
    https://voip.ms/residential

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Sat Aug 5 15:30:53 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to HusTler on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:31 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: HusTler to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:45:00

    So your out in the outback? :-)
    I'm in America and it was still hard to find other computer users.
    Luckily for me I ran a BBS and advertised in the local pennysaver and
    grocery store bulletin board. I had a C64 with a Printer. I'd print
    out ads and post them all over town. That started things off. I'm glad
    you've made it to BBS land and hope you stick around for a while.
    not quite that remote lol (just a small country town)

    a C64 in the outback would be quite a sight!

    Why? Did that model not sell very well there?

    Thankyou, it's nice here ill stick around :)

    Hope you enjoy your time here!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info

    candycane

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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to candycane on Sun Aug 6 01:15:46 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53:52

    You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good company. ^^

    candycane

    Thankyou, thats very kind. I tried to say something witty but it seems i'm more than a 'bit of a nerd' and got nothing :D

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Phigan on Sat Aug 5 14:04:55 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to HusTler on Sat Aug 05 2023 11:03 am

    That's a good idea. I wonder if you'd get any callers today putting a printed BBS ad on a bunch of grocery store bulletin boards :). Hmm, need to test this. But, need an attractive printed ad, first.

    I wonder if many people pay attention to grocery store bulletin boards these days. People might first think about looking for such information online on their phone.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Aug 5 16:21:56 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Holdfast on Sat Aug 05 2023 12:39 pm


    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms - They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive: https://voip.ms/residential


    how much and what package do you pick.

    i had ooma and it was cheap but i never did any dialup shit on it.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Aug 5 16:00:27 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 04:21 pm

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
    They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
    https://voip.ms/residential

    how much and what package do you pick.

    I have their basic plan, which is $4.25/month.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Aug 5 19:25:54 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Aug 05 2023 04:00 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 04:21 pm

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
    They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
    https://voip.ms/residential

    how much and what package do you pick.

    I have their basic plan, which is $4.25/month.


    so does that cover the number and the taxes and everything?
    that's how much it was with ooma
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Sat Aug 5 20:31:41 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Holdfast on Sat Aug 05 2023 12:39 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Holdfast to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 10:14 pm

    I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years
    back and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run
    a bbs on a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one
    online with a VM from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month
    now.

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms - They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive: https://voip.ms/residential

    Nightfox

    Can it dial to 2600.network?

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Sat Aug 5 20:32:24 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 01:15 am

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Fri Aug 04 2023 08:53:52

    You have to be a bit of a nerd to end up here so yeah pretty good
    company. ^^

    candycane

    Thankyou, thats very kind. I tried to say something witty but it seems i'm more than a 'bit of a nerd' and got nothing :D

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ bbs.digitalrainbow.info

    Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?

    candycane

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sat Aug 5 19:53:05 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Phigan on Sat Aug 05 2023 02:04 pm

    I wonder if many people pay attention to grocery store bulletin boards these days. People might first think about looking for such information online on their phone.

    That's just it.. Maybe it would interest the kind of people that WOULD look at one of those boards. I mean, nobody looks there for specific things, you just look to see what othes have posted.

    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Phigan on Sun Aug 6 00:37:56 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 07:53 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Phigan on Sat Aug 05 2023 02:04 pm

    I wonder if many people pay attention to grocery store bulletin boards
    these days. People might first think about looking for such
    information online on their phone.

    That's just it.. Maybe it would interest the kind of people that WOULD look at one of those boards. I mean, nobody looks there for specific things, you just look to see what othes have posted.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ TIRED of waiting 2 hours for a taco? GO TO TACOPRONTO.bbs.io

    I didn't know groceries had bb's

    candycane

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to MRO on Sun Aug 6 11:40:00 2023
    On 04 Aug 2023, MRO said the following...

    being into computers is not a 'thing' anymore.
    people have their phones or other devices.

    there are still tons of linux user groups, vintage computer groups, etc.

    i found a friggin WOMEN'S ONLY python user group in my city..

    then there's the vintage computer festival.. hell even OS/2 has a yearly convention in europe still.

    you don't know about them because you're a shut in

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to candycane on Sun Aug 6 10:31:05 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am

    I didn't know groceries had bb's

    They used to be pretty close to the front doors, but these days they are down in the corridor leading to the bathrooms :).

    ---
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Phigan on Sun Aug 6 14:41:59 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 10:31 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am

    I didn't know groceries had bb's

    They used to be pretty close to the front doors, but these days they are down in the corridor leading to the bathrooms :).

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ TIRED of waiting 2 hours for a taco? GO TO TACOPRONTO.bbs.io

    Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?

    candycane

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to candycane on Sun Aug 6 12:14:02 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 08:31 pm

    I looked at adding a regular modem line to the house a few years back
    and they still wanted to charge you for a buinsess line to run a bbs on
    a phone. Of course now its way easier to just put one online with a VM
    from AWS. It probalby costs less than $10 a month now.

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
    They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
    https://voip.ms/residential

    Can it dial to 2600.network?

    I don't know what that is. But it should be able to let you dial anything that has a phone number, I'd think.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sun Aug 6 12:18:29 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 07:25 pm

    If you're interested in a phone line for your BBS, check out voip.ms -
    They're fairly easy to set up and are not very expensive:
    https://voip.ms/residential

    I have their basic plan, which is $4.25/month.

    so does that cover the number and the taxes and everything?
    that's how much it was with ooma

    I believe so, yes.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to candycane on Sun Aug 6 12:19:18 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am

    That's just it.. Maybe it would interest the kind of people that WOULD
    look at one of those boards. I mean, nobody looks there for specific
    things, you just look to see what othes have posted.

    I didn't know groceries had bb's

    Some do, but I don't think all of them do.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Phigan on Sun Aug 6 16:12:18 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 10:31 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:37 am

    I didn't know groceries had bb's

    They used to be pretty close to the front doors, but these days they are down in the corridor leading to the bathrooms :).


    what grocery store chain is this? or is this local stuff?
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sun Aug 6 16:24:11 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:14 pm


    Can it dial to 2600.network?

    I don't know what that is. But it should be able to let you dial anything that has a phone number, I'd think.
    Nightfox

    it's like a forwarder that people with modem hardware call into that then calls into other systems.

    after looking at the login list it forwards to telnet.

    so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Sun Aug 6 17:18:25 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:14 pm

    Can it dial to 2600.network?

    I don't know what that is. But it should be able to let you dial anything that has a phone number, I'd think.

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from one number by making a telnet connection

    https://2600.network/

    candycane

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  • From Ewing@VERT/MORTAL to candycane on Mon Aug 7 10:03:07 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from one number by making a telnet connection

    https://2600.network/

    And much to my pleasant surprise I managed to get a stable 24000bps connection to it over the weekend from here in Australia.

    (Modem -> NEC SV9100 PBX -> E1 ISDN to Cisco ISR -> Flowroute SIP trunk)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Mortal BBS - Blue Mountains, Australia - bbs.mortalbbs.com:23
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ewing on Sun Aug 6 21:07:27 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 10:03 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from one number by making a telnet connection

    https://2600.network/

    And much to my pleasant surprise I managed to get a stable 24000bps connection to it over the weekend from here in Australia.

    (Modem -> NEC SV9100 PBX -> E1 ISDN to Cisco ISR -> Flowroute SIP trunk)

    how much did it cost you to call it
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Ewing@VERT/MORTAL to MRO on Mon Aug 7 13:44:54 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Ewing on Sun Aug 06 2023 09:07 pm

    how much did it cost you to call it

    About $0.04.

    Phone calls are a bit cheaper these days :)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Mortal BBS - Blue Mountains, Australia - bbs.mortalbbs.com:23
  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Mon Aug 7 02:44:55 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:24 pm

    so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
    ---

    Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Ewing on Mon Aug 7 02:46:51 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 10:03 am

    And much to my pleasant surprise I managed to get a stable 24000bps connection to it over the weekend from here in Australia.

    (Modem -> NEC SV9100 PBX -> E1 ISDN to Cisco ISR -> Flowroute SIP trunk)

    Pretty neat! I'd assume it's optimized/compressed in some way to make it faster.

    candycane

    ===
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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to candycane on Mon Aug 7 04:27:47 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm

    Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?

    It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to candycane on Mon Aug 7 04:32:57 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from

    So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Phigan on Mon Aug 7 08:23:33 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:27 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm

    Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?

    It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.

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    Hopefully the lost and sold pets aren't connected.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Phigan on Mon Aug 7 08:25:04 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:32 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's
    from

    So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.

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    Yea, it's like using a compatibility website. Super cool.

    candycane

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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to candycane on Mon Aug 7 18:50:37 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Sat Aug 05 2023 20:32:24

    Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?

    candycane

    For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.
    I like Electronics and Computers, (Linux, DOS & Commodore in particular)
    For fun I enjoy simracing, i've been lucky enought to get a resonable graphics card and 4K VR. To me sim racing is the pinicle of VR and with a sim cockpit its the closest to real immersion as possible.
    When all the nerdy stuff has me overwhelmed I like to go 4WDing and camping.

    How about you?

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  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to candycane on Mon Aug 7 10:15:47 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

    Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.

    Wow that's hard core friend!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ewing on Mon Aug 7 08:00:00 2023
    Ewing wrote to MRO <=-

    About $0.04.

    Phone calls are a bit cheaper these days :)

    I'll say. I worked at a company that had a main office in London. We
    were in San Francisco. We didn't have a lot of voice traffic between
    the offices, so I negotiated a pretty reasonable rate at the time - I
    think it was 18 cents a minute.

    This was back in the days when slamming was common. A LD provider would
    contact your local exchange carrier and switch your lines without
    authorization, then bill them at exorbitant rates - to the tune of
    $1.99/minute.

    I noticed that my preferred vendor's bill had dropped and a new bill
    for 10 times the amount showed up and must have gone through 10 hours
    of my time on the phone to get a refund. I was pissed at this point and
    didn't care how long it took, since it cost them, too.

    All the carriers did this, so no one was singled out and they could all
    claim billing/clerical errors and hope that people gave up looking for
    refunds.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to candycane on Mon Aug 7 08:03:00 2023
    candycane wrote to Phigan <=-

    Hopefully the lost and sold pets aren't connected.

    My local NextDoor feed (a local social network) will have a posting
    like:

    "CAT MISSING - ANSWERS TO FLUFFY"

    followed shortly by:

    "COYOTES SEEN ON THE GOLF COURSE - GET YOUR PETS INSIDE"

    This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he takes
    crows down in mid-air.




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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to GenFx on Mon Aug 7 12:36:02 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 06:50 pm

    Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to GenFx on Sat Aug 05 2023 20:32:24

    Well, what kinda stuff do you like doing?

    candycane

    For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.
    I like Electronics and Computers, (Linux, DOS & Commodore in particular) For fun I enjoy simracing, i've been lucky enought to get a resonable graphics card and 4K VR. To me sim racing is the pinicle of VR and with a sim cockpit its the closest to real immersion as possible.
    When all the nerdy stuff has me overwhelmed I like to go 4WDing and camping.

    How about you?

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    Messing with linux, coding, experimenting with a old raspberry pi, and also a bit of digital art (mostly pixel art)

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to The Lizard Master on Mon Aug 7 12:38:15 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 10:15 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

    Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in
    somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on
    syncterm to emulate it.

    Wow that's hard core friend!

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    Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200, relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 7 13:22:02 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 08:03 am

    This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he takes crows down in mid-air.

    Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

    candycane

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to candycane on Mon Aug 7 16:03:00 2023
    candycane wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

    Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200,
    relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still
    would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

    Well, modems are readily available on Amazon or eBay.



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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Gamgee on Mon Aug 7 18:23:08 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Gamgee to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:03 pm

    Well, modems are readily available on Amazon or eBay.

    Well I miight look at one then.

    candycane

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to candycane on Mon Aug 7 17:40:49 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 07 2023 01:22 pm

    This is *not* an outdoor pet-friendly neighborhood. Unless you have
    the meanest, orneriest outdoor cat around. That would be Quincy - he
    takes crows down in mid-air.

    Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

    Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 7 22:32:51 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 05:40 pm

    Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

    Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.

    Pretty cool, it's like the neighborhood mascot.

    candycane

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to GenFx on Mon Aug 7 20:26:37 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: GenFx to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 06:50 pm

    For work im an audio engineer and stage manager.

    Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

    And a Czech one, too.

    And a Czech one two.

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Phigan on Tue Aug 8 01:54:37 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to GenFx on Mon Aug 07 2023 08:26 pm

    Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

    And a Czech one, too.

    And a Czech one two.

    Good one.

    candycane

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  • From GenFx@VERT/DR to Phigan on Wed Aug 9 00:15:17 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to GenFx on Mon Aug 07 2023 20:26:37

    Oh? I was just talking to a Serbian audio engineer the other day..

    And a Czech one, too.

    And a Czech one two.


    HAHAHA this made me laugh more than I wish to admit, thanks ^^

    They sound like the three voices I talk to also

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Tue Aug 8 22:39:01 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 02:44 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:24 pm

    so it's like what i had for many years, and i'm sure only 2 people use this one too.
    ---

    Hey, I mean I'd use it if I had a modem! I've always wanted to dial in somewhere like the good ol days. I even have my baud rate set low on syncterm to emulate it.

    fuck that shit.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Phigan on Tue Aug 8 22:40:05 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:27 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Phigan on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:41 pm

    Oh cool, how many things have you seen posted there?

    It's mostly just random people's business cards, like realtors. Sometimes you might see a note about lost pets, or selling pets, stuff like that, but that's more and more rare.

    what grocery store is this?
    do you have a time machine.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Phigan on Tue Aug 8 22:40:38 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 04:32 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:18 pm

    2600.network is a modem line that lets you connect to a bunch of bbs's from

    So rather than you telnetting to the BBS, you connect your modem to a voip line to dial into another modem that telnets to the BBS for you :D.

    that's what i was saying when you brought it up on irc.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to candycane on Tue Aug 8 23:29:41 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: candycane to The Lizard Master on Mon Aug 07 2023 12:38 pm

    everywhere...

    Ok, I might've exaggerated a bit.. My baudrate is set to 19200, relatively fast but you can still watch the cursor scroll. Still would like to experience a modem at some point tho.

    candycane


    do 300 baud
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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to MRO on Wed Aug 9 06:01:13 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to candycane on Tue Aug 08 2023 11:29 pm

    do 300 baud

    I'm not a masochist.

    candycane

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  • From Elf@VERT/DMINE to CANDYCANE on Fri Aug 11 13:18:00 2023
    Quoting Candycane to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    Is Quincy your cat? Also, do they actually kill the crow?

    Quincy isn't my cat, he belongs to the neighborhood. I think he has 2 or 3 bowls with his name on them. He's not a catch-and-release cat, I'm sure the crow met his demise.

    Pretty cool, it's like the neighborhood mascot.

    Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down
    this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was
    looking out the window when this bird swooped down and then tried to
    quickly pull itself back up, but . . . Pancake was faster and
    jumped into the air and pulled that bird right out of the sky. He was
    quite the hunter! Miss that crazy cat! :-(


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Elf on Fri Aug 11 15:31:26 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Elf to CANDYCANE on Fri Aug 11 2023 01:18 pm

    Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was

    Sorry to hear :( But why did you have to put him down because he was 21 years old? I've heard of some cats living even longer than that.. Did he have some health issues?

    Nightfox

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  • From candycane@VERT/CONCHAOS to Elf on Fri Aug 11 22:02:49 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Elf to CANDYCANE on Fri Aug 11 2023 01:18 pm

    Reminds me of our cat. His name was Pancake. We just had to put him down this week as he was 21 years old! I will never forget the day I was looking out the window when this bird swooped down and then tried to quickly pull itself back up, but . . . Pancake was faster and
    jumped into the air and pulled that bird right out of the sky. He was quite the hunter! Miss that crazy cat! :-(

    Rip, they sound like they were quite tough.

    candycane

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  • From Elf@VERT/DMINE to NIGHTFOX on Sat Aug 12 04:23:00 2023
    Quoting Nightfox to Elf <=-

    Sorry to hear :( But why did you have to put him down because he was
    21 years old? I've heard of some cats living even longer than that..
    Did he have some health issues?

    Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half)
    and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
    having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some
    breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
    hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
    sucks for both humans and animals.

    ~Elf


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  • From Elf@VERT/DMINE to CANDYCANE on Sat Aug 12 04:24:00 2023
    Quoting Candycane to Elf <=-

    Rip, they sound like they were quite tough.

    Yeah, he was tough. It was hard to see him struggle with age related weaknesses and pain at the end.

    ~Elf


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Elf on Sat Aug 12 12:28:40 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Elf to NIGHTFOX on Sat Aug 12 2023 04:23 am

    Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half)
    and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
    having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
    hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
    sucks for both humans and animals.


    I am sorry to hear.

    I am sure you gave him a great life.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Elf on Sat Aug 12 12:50:08 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Elf to NIGHTFOX on Sat Aug 12 2023 04:23 am

    Yes he had health issues. He lost much of his weight (more than half) and was weak and having pain issues with his back legs. He also was
    having balance issues (falling over a lot). He was also having some breathing issues. He was definitely very near the edge but kept
    hanging on and we just couldn't stand to watch him suffer. Aging
    sucks for both humans and animals.

    :( I'm sorry to hear, and sorry for your loss

    Nightfox

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  • From Feoh@VERT/DECAFBAD to Ewing on Wed Dec 20 09:34:07 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Ewing to MRO on Thu Jul 20 2023 10:50 am

    Welcome to my BBS Dizzy, and hello world! to everyone else!


    There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

    This guy is AMAZING, he rebuilds and reverse engineers old computers and electronics, and one of the more amusing quirks of his, due to a bug in (I THINK!) his work trying to reverse engineer a Wang word processor he'd found, was that in trying to write the assembly language to print "Hello, World!" he ended up instead printing "Hellorld" and so from then on any time he wants to do a test print it's "Hellorld" instead :)

    Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuum tube computer from the 1950s.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to FEOH on Wed Dec 20 09:38:00 2023
    Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuu
    tube computer from the 1950s.

    That does sound interesting.


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  • From Vela025@VERT/AMSTRAD to Feoh on Thu Dec 21 09:18:39 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Feoh to Ewing on Wed Dec 20 2023 09:34 am

    There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

    Great stuff. Lately he's been, among other things, resuscitating a Bendix vacuum tube computer from the 1950s.
    Yeah I'm a huge fan of this guy and really looking forward to seeing more of the Bendix. I've quite liked the videos he did on the Ti99/4, I really felt for him when he was troubleshooitng the Ti99! He's pretty good at explaining stuff, like the Vacuum tube computer he's been making...normally that kind of stuff would got straight over my head, but I manage to follow along...mostly.

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  • From Aurelius@VERT/TECHRONO to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 05:18:48 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 09:37 pm

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

    The only correct answer is Siss.
    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
    Of course, I'm likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 07:55:00 2023
    Aurelius wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jul 29 2023 09:37 pm

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

    The only correct answer is Siss.

    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is
    Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get
    Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF. Of course, I'm
    likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

    Yes, there really is no good argument in favor of "Sise-op". It's
    "siss-op" for sure.

    I'm with you on the GIF one too, I've always pronounced it as GIF (with
    a hard G sound) rather than "JIF". But I have a vague memory of
    somebody who matters (the author of the GIF format, perhaps?) saying it
    was pronounced "JIF". And, the "G" can be pronounced that way (as in
    the animal "Giraffe" for example). However, I do and will continue to pronounce it with a hard G. ;-)



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 08:37:32 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

    When I first started BBSing and I saw "sysop" and didn't know what it meant, I thought it was "sigh-sop" because of the Y.. But then I learned it's short for "system operator" and its proper pronunciation.

    As far as GIF, most of the people I've known pronounce it like "JIF", so that's just how I've pronounced it. And I've heard the creator of the GIF format says that's the way to pronounce it.

    I don't know why some people get so upset about how GIF is pronounced.. English tends to be an inconsistent language. For instance, why is the word "vineyard" typically pronounced "vin-yeerd" rather than like the two separate words "vine" "yard"?

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 15:24:22 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

    The only correct answer is Siss.
    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

    You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug>
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sun Dec 31 12:12:02 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 08:37 am

    When I first started BBSing and I saw "sysop" and didn't know what it meant, I thought it was "sigh-sop" because of the Y.. But then I learned it's short for "system operator" and its proper pronunciation.


    it's always been sis-op around my neck of the woods

    i dont say it like 'SYESTEMS operator', i say it like 'sistems operator'.

    As far as GIF, most of the people I've known pronounce it like "JIF", so that's just how I've pronounced it. And I've heard the creator of the GIF format says that's the way to pronounce it.

    i prefer gif pronounced like you got a gift.


    I don't know why some people get so upset about how GIF is pronounced.. English tends to be an inconsistent language. For instance, why is the word

    the creator of the gif was super pissed off about it. he also wanted
    fucking royalties for usage of the format.

    "vineyard" typically pronounced "vin-yeerd" rather than like the two separate words "vine" "yard"?

    Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round.. they should call it Roundtine.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 12:26:03 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 03:24 pm

    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.

    You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug>

    looks like covid got him last year.

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  • From Vela025@VERT/AMSTRAD to Feoh on Sun Dec 31 19:14:01 2023
    Re: Hello World!
    By: Feoh to Ewing on Wed Dec 20 2023 09:34 am

    There's a Youtube channel I've been super enjoying lately called "Usagi Electric".

    Did you see he's turned on the Bendix?!

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 18:27:33 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to Aurelius on Sat Dec 30 2023 03:24 pm

    You're right on sysop, but wrong on GIF. The guy who invented GIF says it's pronounced "jiff", so jiff it is. <shrug> --

    Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

    The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to DaiTengu on Sun Dec 31 18:20:40 2023
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

    Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

    I don't think thta means the inventors were 'wrong' about their inventions though. It's just that the invention was intended for one thing and people started using it for something else. But I don't think you can argue with the inventor/creator about what they intended.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 1 03:44:23 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

    Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

    The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)


    yeah he was wrong from the start. 'graphics' = hard G

    maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Mon Jan 1 03:49:32 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to DaiTengu on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:20 pm

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

    Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

    I don't think thta means the inventors were 'wrong' about their inventions though. It's just that the invention was intended for one thing and people started using it for something else. But I don't think you can argue with the inventor/creator about what they intended.


    well people are wrong and people do stupid things.

    it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

    just like the lady that named her kid marijuana pepsi, he is wrong.
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  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to Aurelius on Mon Jan 1 09:35:30 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

    Next question? Siss-op or SISE-op?

    The only correct answer is Siss.
    Agreed. I mean, it's from System Operator. Just like how GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. I don't understand how people get Sigh-Sop or JIF from those... It's SysOp and GIF.
    Of course, I'm likely to start a flamewar! Guess I should be careful :P

    To be contrarian, I believe it to be Siss-op and Jif! I have reasons for both and I'm ready to fight to the death!

    Happy New Year!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Mon Jan 1 11:53:25 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:49 am

    it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

    So you're saying the jif format came LATER, but it's GIF that shouldn't have been pronounced that way first? "jif" is how I've always heard most people pronounce it. And I actually wasn't aware of the jif format until you mentioned it recently.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Tue Jan 2 03:11:42 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Jan 01 2024 11:53 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:49 am

    it was stupid to expect people to pronounce gif as JIF. especially when there was a jif format a few years later. why didn't he choose jif? oh because it stands for graphics? graphics is hard G.

    So you're saying the jif format came LATER, but it's GIF that shouldn't have been pronounced that way first? "jif" is how I've always heard most people pronounce it. And I actually wasn't aware of the jif format until you mentioned it recently.

    i've always heard people pronounce it GIF like GIFT. NEVER jif
    the G in gif is graphics which is hard G.

    since a few years later there is Jif graphics format and he was STILL trying to get people to say gif and jif just makes him even more ridiculious.

    now we're stupid for still talking about it.
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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Aurelius on Tue Jan 2 03:25:31 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

    those... It's SysOp and GIF.

    Supposedly the creator of the format says it's pronounced "JIF". He's obviously a nut bar.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Phigan on Tue Jan 2 06:45:02 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Phigan to Aurelius on Tue Jan 02 2024 03:25 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Aurelius to Gamgee on Sat Dec 30 2023 05:18 am

    those... It's SysOp and GIF.

    Supposedly the creator of the format says it's pronounced "JIF". He's obviously a nut bar.

    he probably had a peanutbutter fetish. i feel sorry for his dog.

    according to wikipedia, the source of all knowledge, he had a stroke in his mid 50s and stopped working and he died in 2022 of covid.

    https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24311617/stephen-e-wilhite/milford/oh io/megie-funeral-home

    http://tinyurl.com/pronouncedhardG

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Tue Jan 2 20:18:30 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

    Lots of inventors have been wrong about their inventions. The slinky was meant to stabilize equipment on ships. Frisbees were pie containers. Play-Doh was made to clean wallpaper.

    The GIF guy was wrong about how it's pronnounced. :)


    yeah he was wrong from the start. 'graphics' = hard G

    Acronyms are pronounced by convention, not based on the pronounciation of the words that inspire the initialism. For example, CIM (Common Information Model) is pronounced "sim" not "kim".

    The inventors pronounced GIF as "jiff", then in my book, "jiff" is right. No debate about it.

    The Qt inventors apparently switched the pronounciation from "cue-tee" to "cute" at some point. So I'm trying (hard) to follow suit.

    They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>
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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to MRO on Tue Jan 2 21:14:00 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

    maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.

    I always thought the choosy moms were hot.

    https://i.imgur.com/wRk2Qu0.jpeg



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nopants on Wed Jan 3 07:23:00 2024
    Nopants wrote to MRO <=-

    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Mon Jan 01 2024 03:44 am

    maybe he had a peanutbutter obsession.

    I always thought the choosy moms were hot.

    https://i.imgur.com/wRk2Qu0.jpeg

    Love it! Perfect! Hahahahaha



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  • From The Lizard Master@VERT/NITEEYES to Digital Man on Thu Jan 4 04:17:09 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jan 02 2024 03:18 pm

    The inventors pronounced GIF as "jiff", then in my book, "jiff" is right. No debate about it.

    The Qt inventors apparently switched the pronounciation from "cue-tee" to "cute" at some point. So I'm trying (hard) to follow suit.

    They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>

    I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to The Lizard Master on Thu Jan 4 14:00:28 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: The Lizard Master to Digital Man on Thu Jan 04 2024 04:17 am

    They guys that create the game make the rules. <shrug>

    I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

    Pretty sure once I heard him pronounce it "SIGN-KRIZIZZLE-FOSHIZZLE-MAZIZZLE". I've been tryin to go with that one.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to The Lizard Master on Fri Jan 5 06:23:00 2024
    The Lizard Master wrote to Digital Man <=-

    I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have
    some strange way to say it just let us know :).

    "Synchronet is Synchro-NEAT!"

    (taken from an ad in Popular Science, March 1956)






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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 5 10:00:07 2024
    Re: Re: Hello World!
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Lizard Master on Fri Jan 05 2024 06:23 am

    The Lizard Master wrote to Digital Man <=-

    I'm pretty sure I pronounce Synchronet right but if you want to have some strange way to say it just let us know :).

    "Synchronet is Synchro-NEAT!"


    that is about as gay as that blimp
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