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pgordemer

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #30, on August 3rd, 2011, 03:38 AM »
54 here and damn proud of it. Scuba Instructor, Flight Instructor, Head computer geek, its all good.

Let just say there is a bit of "code" in PCBoard, RBBS and Wildcat that has my name in it. (I wrote a common class routine that does the low level open of a serial port direct to hardware that most of the BBS software used to get modem status).
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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #33, on August 3rd, 2011, 08:55 AM »Last edited on August 3rd, 2011, 09:03 AM by Drunken Clam
Shit! Please someone, tell me I'm not the eldest here at 55.5!  :o :sob:
Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #34, on August 3rd, 2011, 09:01 AM »
Quote from tfs on August 2nd, 2011, 06:01 PM
Yikes!  You were calling international?  That must have cost a mint!
It did yes, but at the time I was working for an international stockbroking company with offices all over the US/Far East and, with no effective call logging around, my calls were 'lost' amongst all the rest of the calls.  :ph34r:

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #35, on August 3rd, 2011, 09:06 AM »
I think we over 50s should have a special badge - like a zimmer frame or a pair of slippers
 :lol:
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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #36, on August 3rd, 2011, 09:30 AM »
Quote from Drunken Clam on August 3rd, 2011, 08:55 AM
Shit! Please someone, tell me I'm not the eldest here at 55.5!  :o :sob:
I believe K@ and Road Rash at least beat you on that count ;)

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #37, on August 3rd, 2011, 01:10 PM »
Quote from Nao/Gilles on August 3rd, 2011, 09:30 AM
Quote from Drunken Clam on August 3rd, 2011, 08:55 AM
Shit! Please someone, tell me I'm not the eldest here at 55.5!  :o :sob:
I believe K@ and Road Rash at least beat you on that count ;)
Great! I'm so pleased about that, now, where are my slippers....... :eheh:

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #40, on August 3rd, 2011, 10:23 PM »
Okay, so I'm adding DirtRider to the list, don't be jealous guys :P

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #41, on August 3rd, 2011, 11:35 PM »
You guys know how to make me feel like a young kid again :P
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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #42, on August 4th, 2011, 01:32 AM »
Quote from Drunken Clam on August 3rd, 2011, 08:55 AM
Shit! Please someone, tell me I'm not the eldest here at 55.5!  :o :sob:
Got you by more than 10.  :o

Yeah, did the BBS, Fido thing in the late 80's early 90's. Still have my 14.4 external somewhere.

Good times.

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #43, on August 4th, 2011, 01:34 AM »
Do you use it as a paper weight or a hammer?  :)

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Re: Dial Up BBS
« Reply #44, on August 4th, 2011, 01:55 AM »
Quote from Rustybarnacle on August 4th, 2011, 01:34 AM
Do you use it as a paper weight or a hammer?  :)
Doorstop. :o

I also have a table top that I layer out a bunch of 386 and 486 chips IDE controller cards, memory chips, etc. in 1 inch thick layer of epoxy.

Still have a copy of DrDOS v5 in shrink wrap, never opened it.

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