... is back up again. Heh. Not that anyone would have noticed that it was down... due to "hardware problems".

So, I've dug another busted old laptop out of a dumpster and rebuilt it. Again.




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Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to ALL on Wed Oct 28 2015 12:24:00

... is back up again. Heh. Not that anyone would have noticed that it was down... due to "hardware problems".
So, I've dug another busted old laptop out of a dumpster and rebuilt it. Again.

_OUTSTANDING_ The Tardis must remain eternal.

-D/K

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Re: Tardis BB
By: mark firestone to ALL on
_OUTSTANDING_ The Tardis must remain eternal

Absolutely. It's been around since 1985... on and off. (:


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Re: Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to KHELAIR on Thu Oct 29 2015 06:20 pm

--- KHELAIR wrote --
Re: Tardis BB
By: mark firestone to ALL on
_OUTSTANDING_ The Tardis must remain eternal

Absolutely. It's been around since 1985... on and off. (:

Wow, Thats incredible.
By on and off do you mean there were several years it was gone?

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Re: Re: Tardis BB
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Re: Tardis B
By: mark firestone to ALL on
_OUTSTANDING_ The Tardis must remain eterna

Absolutely. It's been around since 1985... on and off. (

Wow, Thats incredible
By on and off do you mean there were several years it was gone
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--- DENNIS GRAY wrote --

Absolutely. It's been around since 1985... on and off. (

Wow, Thats incredible
By on and off do you mean there were several years it was gone

Yeah. It was originally run by John Lorance on RBBS in 1985. John hated RBBS so he wrote his own software. When he quit the scene I took over maintaining the BBS and the software.

It was down for many years, during the dark times. I rewrote the software in Ruby and put it back up about 10 years ago now.


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Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to ALL on Wed Oct 28 2015 12:24:00

So, I've dug another busted old laptop out of a dumpster and rebuilt it. Again.

Funny that you mention that - we just emptied out our storage locker, and I got to claim a couple of princess laptops that used to be my sisters'. :P

One has a broken screen and I think the other needs a hard disk and RAM, but once I get everything combobulated, they should make for decent headless servers.

Congrats on getting your board back up!

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Re: Tardis BB
By: mark firestone to ALL on

Funny that you mention that - we just emptied out our storage locker, and
to claim a couple of princess laptops that used to be my sisters'. :

One has a broken screen and I think the other needs a hard disk and RAM, b once I get everything combobulated, they should make for decent headles servers

Congrats on getting your board back up

Heh. I always have loads of old junk. My wife doesn't really approve, for some reason. At least this hobby is just about free these days.

It's good to be back.


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Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to ZEONET on Mon Nov 02 2015 11:09:00

Heh. I always have loads of old junk. My wife doesn't really approve, for some reason. At least this hobby is just about free these days.

You mean she doesn't approve of the hobby in general or not the junk? I'd find the hobby hard to be one that has disagreeable aspects, at least as far as a relationship is concerned. Unless, of course, one keeps his nose pointed at the screen for the vast majority of the time. ;)

-D/K

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You mean she doesn't approve of the hobby in general or not the junk?

It's the junk. She's not bothered by BBS stuff. Considering I met her on The Rock Garden... (:

I find the hobby hard to be one that has disagreeable aspects, at least as f a relationship is concerned. Unless, of course, one keeps his nose pointe the screen for the vast majority of the time. ;

Yeah. I've been off work for a little while, as I nearly died and stuff (don't be alarmed, I should live for some time (: So, I'm planning all sorts of coding projects... that I won't have time to get done once I' back at work.



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Re: Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to KHELAIR on Tue Nov 03 2015 11:27:00

It's the junk. She's not bothered by BBS stuff. Considering I met her on The Rock Garden... (:

Ah, now that part I can understand. I don't know how many different places I've lived at with my computer graveyard in tow, but it's definitely more than half a dozen.

Yeah. I've been off work for a little while, as I nearly died and stuff (don't be alarmed, I should live for some time (: So, I'm planning all sorts of coding projects... that I won't have time to get done once I' back at work.

Wow I'm sorry to hear that. Close encounters with death are pretty crappy, at least in my book. Glad to hear everything [sounds like] is alright. Definitely a good time to start some coding projects. I'm having a little limitation in my hours right now that's giving me plenty of free time, but I've lost interest in the one project that I was working on and I'm not having much luck thinking of anything else that I'm interested in coding that'll help. I need to find something to keep the rust off my brain, though.

-D/K

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Yeah. I've been off work for a little while, as I nearly died and
stuff (don't be alarmed, I should live for some time (: So, I'm
planning all sorts of coding projects... that I won't have time to get done once I' back at work.
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Nearly dieing really sucks. I tried it for around 45 seconds. Did you have
any problems with memory loss? After I nearly died I had all sorts of things that I used to know how to do that I just looked at like they were greek after- wards. Good to hear that you'll be around for a while now tho.

-MikeS


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Re: Re: Tardis BBS
By: Mike S to mark firestone on Thu Nov 05 2015 07:37 am

Nearly dieing really sucks. I tried it for around 45 seconds.

When people say they "literally" died because that egg roll was so good it must make you want to slap them. :)

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Ah, now that part I can understand. I don't know how many different pla I've lived at with my computer graveyard in tow, but it's definitely more half a dozen

Yeah. When we moved to the UK from the US, she *refused* to pack the PDP 11/23 or the TRS-80 Model 2 in the shipping container... yet when it turned up here it had toilet paper and shampoo and stuff in there.

Wow I'm sorry to hear that. Close encounters with death are pretty crap
at least in my book. Glad to hear everything [sounds like] is alright. Definitely a good time to start some coding projects. I'm having a littl limitation in my hours right now that's giving me plenty of free time, but lost interest in the one project that I was working on and I'm not having luck thinking of anything else that I'm interested in coding that'll help. need to find something to keep the rust off my brain, though

Thanks. Yeah... I'm doing okay. Having a heart attack at 46 was kind of unexpected... but like the Dr. Lexus like doctor said, "I think you got away with it, dude..."

Here's hoping!


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Nearly dieing really sucks. I tried it for around 45 seconds. Did you hav
any problems with memory loss? After I nearly died I had all sorts of thin that I used to know how to do that I just looked at like they were greek a wards. Good to hear that you'll be around for a while now tho

-Mike

I haven't had any memory problems, but I wasn't out for that long. I basically felt really dizzy, and sweaty, and passed out. So, my coworkers took me to the doctors. The doctor (who's a known idiot) sent me home.

Fortunately, I got my wife (who's a nurse) to pick me up. I then proceded to lie down and have a heart attack. She hammered on my chest within seconds and got the paramedics there within about two minutes.

If she hadn't been there, I'd have died... because I'm kind of dumb and wasn't in my right mind... I should have gone to the ER.


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Re: Re: Tardis BBS
By: mark firestone to DENNIS GRAY on Fri Oct 30 2015 11:38 am

It was down for many years, during the dark times. I rewrote the software in Ruby and put it back up about 10 years ago now.

Wait, a BS in Ruby? Hell yes. Are you still maintaining this? I was planning to write something in Ruby.

Knight

Knight

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