Re: CCIE # 30000

Now we are talking business mate! :-)

On 8/18/2011 4:21 PM, Dale Shaw wrote:
> Ahh, those were the days.
>
> X00/SIO (OS/2), FrontDoor/Intermail, RemoteAccess, Desqview/Desqview
> X, QEMM, NetWare nodes, crazy batch files, squeezing out the last byte
> of memory through CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT tweaks, doors, ANSI
> menus/art (TheDraw/ACiDDraw), RIP graphics (who used that?), Zmodem
> hacks with games (good for 2400 baud), Telemate/Telix etc.,
> FILE_ID.DIZ, Ctrl-H (?) to introduce fake line noise for
> annoying/unwanted users, LoRD/Usurper/BRE, ARJ, netmail (Fidonet
> etc.), differentiating between v.FC and v.34 inbound calls based on
> the sound, using up all the copper in my street, sleepless nights, ...
> the death of BBSs and the birth of commonly available Internet access.
>
> Cheers,
> Dale
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi<alexeim73_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> and all those FIDOnet point to boss relationships :-)
>> The GoldEd world...
>>
>> On 18 August 2011 13:32, Travis Niedens<niedentj_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Fossil was an old BBS transfer protocol back when it was all dialup...

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