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John Carruthers
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Just for laughs new

#2424023 - 05/28/08 03:55 AM

remember telnet?
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl.
either run it from your linux terminal or
windows>start>run, telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl.
Star Wars in ASCII Genius.
(Vista doesn't have telnet).

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Jc

ATM 10" F6.1, 1/25th wave spec (max wavefront error +/- 1/12.6 in zone 4 of 6, sodium light )
6" F7 spec
127mm F9.4 Refractor
10 x 50 bin
ETX80 (finder)
Canon 20D
and a curious mind

Edited by John Carruthers (05/28/08 02:01 PM)

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Joe Lalumia
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: John Carruthers]
#2425205 - 05/28/08 05:25 PM

TELNET!--- I even remember a local BBS way before the world wide web! --- sort of like "not so instant messaging!".

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LX90 8" LNT, SV Nighthawk & TelePOD, SV 80/9D & M4 mount, ETX 90, Orion XT10i, 20x80 binoculars, SV-BV3s.
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John Carruthers
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: Joe Lalumia]
#2426191 - 05/29/08 08:13 AM

I still have my BBC micro built from a kit

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DLaw
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: John Carruthers]
#2427443 - 05/29/08 06:10 PM

I remember dialing up the local BBS on 2400 Baud on a 386-16 MHz system... starting to show my age.

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NeoDinian
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: DLaw]
#2427542 - 05/29/08 06:59 PM

I "RAN" a BBS...

Used my Amiga, running Excelsior! (Which I owned and still own the source code rights to)... I was the main support site with 40 or so software users (other E! BBS's) calling me regularly for their mail (Fidonet and our own "E-Net"). My BBS was the FIRST in the area to boast a 44k modem!

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D_talley
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: NeoDinian]
#2428527 - 05/30/08 08:07 AM

My first modem was 300 baud. I used it on my 8086 4mhz system. I was in heaven when I upgraded to a 1200 baud one.

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Dwight

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Meade LX200 14 OTA
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Joe Lalumia
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[Re: D_talley]
#2428660 - 05/30/08 09:35 AM

The EXPERTS!!!! Ha! on the BBS could change their type color and even make BOLD letters! WOW!

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Elektronkind
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: Joe Lalumia]
#2429010 - 05/30/08 12:01 PM

Quote:

The EXPERTS!!!! Ha! on the BBS could change their type color and even make BOLD letters! WOW!

Yeah, those were the days when knowing ANSI extended character codes could make for some nice, blocky and colored screen art.

/dale

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Rusty
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: Elektronkind]
#2430773 - 05/31/08 02:43 AM

Using ASCI II was a blast! And I was in BB heaven when I upgraded to a 1200 baud modem...little did I know the $200 would eventually look silly!

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John Carruthers
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: Rusty]
#2430826 - 05/31/08 03:51 AM

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a sig line from another forum, brings it all back...

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Jc

ATM 10" F6.1, 1/25th wave spec (max wavefront error +/- 1/12.6 in zone 4 of 6, sodium light )
6" F7 spec
127mm F9.4 Refractor
10 x 50 bin
ETX80 (finder)
Canon 20D
and a curious mind

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cnstarz
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Re: Just for laughs new

[Re: John Carruthers]
#2430849 - 05/31/08 04:27 AM

I've got a couple of rj11 line powered 300 baud modems somewhere in my attic. Ya never know when those might come in handy

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Matt

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Greg K.

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Re: Just for laughs new

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#2431134 - 05/31/08 10:06 AM

My first modem 27 years or so ago was a 300 baud acoustic coupler - really loud noises would cause data errors. Fun times.

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o1d_dude
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[Re: Greg K.]
#2431459 - 05/31/08 01:15 PM

I ran a BBS as well back in the early 1980s.

An Atari 800 modded out with 512k of memory, a one meg external memory device, four floppy drives, and a Hayes 1200 modem. Ran it all on my own GreyBBS software.

Those were the days.

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Kit

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* A bunch of old ATM stuff that cost me next to nothing
* A bunch of new commercial stuff that cost me an arm and a leg

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Rusty
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Re: Just for laughs [Re: o1d_dude]
#2432538 - 05/31/08 11:53 PM

Quote:

I ran a BBS as well back in the early 1980s.

An Atari 800 modded out with 512k of memory, a one meg external memory device, four floppy drives, and a Hayes 1200 modem. Ran it all on my own GreyBBS software.

Those were the days.

Talk about a tricked-out system!

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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke

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