HOWDY!!!!!

LAST MESSAGE ON THIS BBS WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

ANYBODY HOME?

And yes I do know how to use the shift key
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HOWDY!!!!!

LAST MESSAGE ON THIS BBS WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

ANYBODY HOME?

Time flies eh!?

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Alan,
That was a really quick reply.

I calculated less than ten minutes from my posting to your reply.

I am in EDT, you're way West of me where the time is earlier.

I got back in to this BBS I in early January and have joined several echos.
I remember your Name from two years back before the DSL quit on me and Fiber didn't work with my XP box.

Been using a Android phone to get my BBS and internet fix.
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That was a really quick reply.

FTN can be fast!

I calculated less than ten minutes from my posting to your reply.

I am in EDT, you're way West of me where the time is earlier.

We just switched to PDT here.

I got back in to this BBS I in early January and have joined several echos.
I remember your Name from two years back before the DSL quit on me and Fiber didn't work with my XP box.

I have been reading you for years, I may not always have a reply but I see you.

Been using a Android phone to get my BBS and internet fix.

I have an android phone as well but I don't use it for BBSing. My other half has a tablet. That might be workable for BBSing but I still use a PC.

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Hello Ed!

** On Monday 11.03.24 - 22:12, Ed Vance wrote to All:

HOWDY!!!!!
LAST MESSAGE ON THIS BBS WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
ANYBODY HOME?

So.. did you take a break from computers entirely?
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Re: Back again
By: Ed Vance to Alan Ianson on Mon Mar 11 2024 10:44 pm

Alan,
That was a really quick reply.

I calculated less than ten minutes from my posting to your reply.

I am in EDT, you're way West of me where the time is earlier.

I got back in to this BBS I in early January and have joined several echos. I remember your Name from two years back before the DSL quit on me and Fiber didn't work with my XP box.

Been using a Android phone to get my BBS and internet fix.

Folks are still here.

xxcarol
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I had DSL, but it was giving me problems so I called AT&T.
The Tech came to look at my problem and said there was slowness caused by something at their end.
Tech suggested I should cancel DSL and order Fiber Internet.
I did, Fiber never worked after the Tech who installed the service left when finally a website came up on my notebook.
That site came up after failing to connect to five pages that I tried earlier.

The site that came up on the notebook was att.com .

My XP box had ben moved out so a hole could be drilled in the floor for the fiber cable.
I reconnected the XP box and no pages would load, tried using the notebook and not even the AT&T page would load.
I called and cancelled the service and sent their Router back by UPS

Last year I ordered Fiber again, tried to get a website to show up, failed again, cancelled again.

This January I went to Cricketwireless and became their customer.

Back in the saddle again ... - Gene Autry

Using this Android phone to log on the BBS is slightly difficult but I'm here

As I wrote in some echo earlier, if I can get this thing and the XP to work together I would be happy.

I think You suggested using Bluetooth between those devices and I have been trying to learn where to get what I need to do Bluetooth here.
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Hello Ed!

Tech suggested I should cancel DSL and order Fiber
Internet. I did, Fiber never worked after the Tech who
installed the service left when finally a website came up
on my notebook. [...]

Doesn't sound like he did a very thorough test. You should have
had consistent successful connections, and not just the att.com
site.

Last year I ordered Fiber again, tried to get a website to
show up, failed again, cancelled again. [...]

Too bad you can't use the more ubiquitous DSL or cable. They
traditionally offer data packages at lower prices than wireless
might.

This January I went to Cricketwireless and became their
customer.

But that is just a mobile carrier, no?

Using this Android phone to log on the BBS is slightly
difficult but I'm here

Hmmm.

As I wrote in some echo earlier, if I can get this thing
and the XP to work together I would be happy.

I think You suggested using Bluetooth between those
devices and I have been trying to learn where to get what
I need to do Bluetooth here.

Yup.. a hotspot/tethered connection is all there is to it.

The Vista-based laptop ought to support that. Have fun.

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../|ug

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The notebook isn't the MAIN PC here, I use it occasionally.
XP is a desktop, I rather use it at home with AC Power.

I searched today for what I need and saw that it is a USB Bluetooth 5.0 radio.

Bluetooth, I hope is not as susceptible to eves dropping as is WEP Wi-Fi.
Hope it is very secure.

Doing Email and Texting on this phone I'm comfortable with.
BBSing takes a lot more work with the phone compared to what I have been used to on all the computers I've used in the past.
C=64, 486, XP and Vista.

BOY! do I miss MultiMail DOS.
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Hello Ed!

The notebook isn't the MAIN PC here, I use it
occasionally. XP is a desktop, I rather use it at home
with AC Power.

But how is your internet service provided? Is it primarily a
phone plan?

I searched today for what I need and saw that it is a USB
Bluetooth 5.0 radio.

Right. That should let your XP talk to the internet from the
phone.

Doing Email and Texting on this phone I'm comfortable
with. BBSing takes a lot more work with the phone compared
to what I have been used to on all the computers I've used
in the past. C=64, 486, XP and Vista.

How are you "bbsing" with the phone exactly?

BOY! do I miss MultiMail DOS.

Once you can shore up the internet with your XP desktop, you
should be able to fire up Multimail.

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Re: Back again
By: Ed Vance to August Abolins on Sun Mar 17 2024 07:18 pm

The notebook isn't the MAIN PC here, I use it occasionally.
XP is a desktop, I rather use it at home with AC Power.

I searched today for what I need and saw that it is a USB Bluetooth 5.0 radi

Bluetooth, I hope is not as susceptible to eves dropping as is WEP Wi-Fi. Hope it is very secure.

Doing Email and Texting on this phone I'm comfortable with.
BBSing takes a lot more work with the phone compared to what I have been use to on all the computers I've used in the past.
C=64, 486, XP and Vista.

BOY! do I miss MultiMail DOS.

You are a natural to need an account with Alexy on TELEMAIL (I think that was the name). August can help you. Functionally it operates like a point system off Alexy that delivers emailed packets.

I don't recall if 'MEMORIES' was asked to join it but trust me, totally safe and it's not really different from transx emailed packet delivery. Not 'gating' and works well from cellphones.

August, do you have a list of echos on it?

xxcarol
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Hello Carol!

** On Monday 18.03.24 - 16:01, you wrote to Ed Vance:

BOY! do I miss MultiMail DOS.

You are a natural to need an account with Alexy on
TELEMAIL (I think that was the name). August can help
you. Functionally it operates like a point system off
Alexy that delivers emailed packets.

You mean the Telegram-BBS?

MEMORIES is not on the list.

August, do you have a list of echos on it?

Anyone can fetch the current list by sending %LIST to
@Fido2telebot on Telegram.

But, I sense Ed wants a traditional/retro approach to echomail
including an experience with a proper keyboard and large
screen.


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Re: Back again
By: August Abolins to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 18 2024 07:46 pm

Hello Carol!

** On Monday 18.03.24 - 16:01, you wrote to Ed Vance:

BOY! do I miss MultiMail DOS.

You are a natural to need an account with Alexy on
TELEMAIL (I think that was the name). August can help
you. Functionally it operates like a point system off
Alexy that delivers emailed packets.

You mean the Telegram-BBS?

MEMORIES is not on the list.

August, do you have a list of echos on it?

Anyone can fetch the current list by sending %LIST to
@Fido2telebot on Telegram.

But, I sense Ed wants a traditional/retro approach to echomail
including an experience with a proper keyboard and large
screen.

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Yes, sorry, wong name an I thiink the gentleman you are talking to is the owner of that echo.

xxxcarol
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Hello Carol!

Anyone can fetch the current list by sending %LIST to
@Fido2telebot on Telegram.

But, I sense Ed wants a traditional/retro approach to echomail
including an experience with a proper keyboard and large
screen.

Yes, sorry, wong name an I thiink the gentleman you are talking to is the owner of that echo.

Telegram-BBS is at:

BBS Fido by Telegram BBS, Simferopol Crimea
Sysop Stas Mishchenkov
Phone -Unpublished-
Flags
AKA [2:460/256 ]


And yes.. Ed is probably the moderator of this echo. Perhaps I
can entice Ed to give MEMORIES a shot on Telegram. :D


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And yes.. Ed is probably the moderator of this echo. Perhaps I
can entice Ed to give MEMORIES a shot on Telegram. :D

No, Ed is one of my users who was away for awhile but is now back.

This echo is moderated by Joe Mackey. Before Daryl Stout left FIDO, he mentioned that Joe might be ill?

Mike


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Re: Back again
By: August Abolins to Carol Shenkenberger on Tue Mar 19 2024 06:45 pm

Hello Carol!

Anyone can fetch the current list by sending %LIST to
@Fido2telebot on Telegram.

But, I sense Ed wants a traditional/retro approach to echomail
including an experience with a proper keyboard and large
screen.

Yes, sorry, wong name an I thiink the gentleman you are talking to is t owner of that echo.

Telegram-BBS is at:

BBS Fido by Telegram BBS, Simferopol Crimea
Sysop Stas Mishchenkov
Phone -Unpublished-
Flags
AKA [2:460/256 ]

And yes.. Ed is probably the moderator of this echo. Perhaps I
can entice Ed to give MEMORIES a shot on Telegram. :D

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That's the idea!

xxcarol
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Internet service is on the phone I have now
I Log on Capital City Online BBS using Firefox, I go to capcity2.synchro.net and Log On.

August, You're right saying "retro" I'm set in my ways .
As Mike mentioned, I am a user here, in the past I just wrote a lot in many echos.
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In the past two years that I've been off line there has been some newer methods of messaging that I have no idea about.

Telegram BBS is one I never heard of until recently.

As August said, retro is the way I want to operate.
I'm a old stick in the mud.

But glad to be back here.

Will be better here when I can use a REAL keyboard instead of tapping on this screen.
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Hello Ed Vance!

** On Wednesday 20.03.24 - 20:18, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

August, You're right saying "retro" I'm set in my ways .
As Mike mentioned, I am a user here, in the past I just
wrote a lot in many echos.

Maybe consider an external Bluetooth connected keyboard for
your phone as an alternative/standby until you get the pc
connections sorted out?



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August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance <=-

Maybe consider an external Bluetooth connected keyboard for
your phone as an alternative/standby until you get the pc
connections sorted out?

At one time, I had an Android phone with a bluetooth keyboard and little
flip stand, loaded DOSBOX on it, and fired up Multimail, my QWK reader.

I was *mostly* able to read and write packets, but getting packets to it
was a pain and needed a laptop. It was a fun experiment, though.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/bwphone.jpg



... The robots can go off-script?
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On 21 Mar. 2024 06:52, you wrote to August:

August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance <=-

Maybe consider an external Bluetooth connected keyboard for
your phone as an alternative/standby until you get the pc
connections sorted out?

At one time, I had an Android phone with a bluetooth keyboard and little flip stand, loaded DOSBOX on it, and fired up Multimail, my QWK reader.

I was *mostly* able to read and write packets, but getting packets to it was a pain and needed a laptop. It was a fun experiment, though.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/bwphone.jpg

That's exactly what he should try!

And.... Wouldn't it be possible to "cast" phone screen output to a smart tv in-order to get a larger viewing experience?

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Thank You.
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TV here is Old Technology, just like everything else in the house.

Only "Smart" thing here is Me, I 'm a Smart Alek. [GRIN]
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August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

And.... Wouldn't it be possible to "cast" phone screen output to a
smart tv in-order to get a larger viewing experience?

They make an Android to HDMI cable I bring with me when I travel. I
keep all my movies on my phone, and play them on hotel TVs.



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They make an Android to HDMI cable I bring with me when I travel. I
keep all my movies on my phone, and play them on hotel TVs.

That is so cool. Great idea!

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