anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experience the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got that email today
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to All on Tue Jun 30 2015 11:43 pm

anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experience the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got that email today

i havent had a POTS line since 1997; i've been all cell since then.
i do however have a guy who setup some hardware at an isp that forwards a cincinatti phone number to a telnet connection. it breaks down a lot but he fixes it. it's free so i cant complain. i just wish i could call my own bbs on a dialup line some day. that would be great.

this same person expressed interest in setting up a menu of systems to choose from that would forward a dialup connection to telnet as well. i think he's been really busy with traveling and he may have forgotten about all this, though. it would be cool but i dont think it would get much usage.
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to All on Tue Jun 30 2015 23:43:58

anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experience the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got that email today

I have one installed <G>
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to All on Tue Jun 30 2015 23:43:58

anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experience the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got that email today

I still have users that use dial up modems to connect to my wildcat board. Even though they have internet they prefer the dial up. They get upset when I message out about cancelling my phone line. I get new users dialing up. Most of these people are older who want to relive or experience the dial up scene.

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anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experience the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got

that

email today

I still have users that use dial up modems to connect to my wildcat board. Even though they have internet they prefer the dial up. They get upset

when

I message out about cancelling my phone line. I get new users dialing up. Most of these people are older who want to relive or experience the dial

up

scene.

I think it would be cool to use dialup again on a BBS, but I still am not sure how much worth it would be. SyncTerm can simulate slower baud rates - although that still doesn't provide the full experience of dialing out & hearing the connect sounds, etc.. You could probably simulate that though.

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Re: funny
By: Nightfox to Zazz on Wed Jul 01 2015 12:49:25

yep, its cool cept when you try to play a game or DL something than you are back to the stone age lol

OTE: IceEdit 1.75
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Nightfox on Wed Jul 01 2015 21:39:20

yep, its cool cept when you try to play a game or DL something than you are back to the stone age lol

It's generally helpful to quote the message (or part of the message) you're replying to so that readers can follow the conversation. While reading your message during a new-to-me message scan, I didn't know which part(s) of my message you were replying to.

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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Nightfox on Wed Jul 01 2015 09:39 pm

OTE: IceEdit 1.75

You need to set your IceEdit configuration in SCFG to strip Kludge Lines.

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ok i set scfg to strip the kludge lines is this better bro? i dont know what kludge lines are but i set the setting in my iceedit to strip em as you mentioned previously, any ideas why my iceedit isnt quoting any previous
msgs?
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:39 pm

ok i set scfg to strip the kludge lines is this better bro? i dont know
what kludge lines are but i set the setting in my iceedit to strip em as
you mentioned previously, any ideas why my iceedit isnt quoting any
previous msgs?

go into the editor settings.
also when you are replying to msgs you have to choose to quote those lines.
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RE: funny
BY: Digital Man to daniel davis on Fri Jul 03 2015 15:26:30

yes thank you digital man, i just installed iceedit, and although i like the appearance, but, i have found 2 things about so far that i dont like,

1. when i try to quote it says List or [ALL] if i hit list nothing is quoted, if i hit enter for all nothing is quoted, this is making problems for guys
who i respond to who cant remember the initial converstion.

2. the other thing is like you said i will edit iceedit to remove the kludge lines although, i dont remember seeing that setting when i configured
iceedit.
other than those, i have always loved the ice products ever since i ran my iniq board back in the eighties and ninetys

OTE: IceEdit 1.75
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:35 pm

RE: funny
BY: Digital Man to daniel davis on Fri Jul 03 2015 15:26:30

yes thank you digital man, i just installed iceedit, and although i like
the appearance, but, i have found 2 things about so far that i dont like,

daniel, you should use quikedit, the successor to iceedit.

iceedit has a few quirks.

just follow the install instructions and everything will work.
it is now abandonware; the author approves of using the crack because he has lost all the source code.

http://wikisend.com/download/244292/Bbs_utils%20-%20quikedit%20v2.40%20REGISTER ED%20qedit.zip


http://tinyurl.com/qcvwxxs

i think i uploaded it to vert too
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:39 pm

ok i set scfg to strip the kludge lines is this better bro?

Yes.

i dont know what
kludge lines are but i set the setting in my iceedit to strip em as you mentioned previously, any ideas why my iceedit isnt quoting any previous msgs?

Look here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:editor:iceedit

digital man

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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:35 pm

RE: funny
BY: Digital Man to daniel davis on Fri Jul 03 2015 15:26:30

yes thank you digital man, i just installed iceedit, and although i
like the appearance, but, i have found 2 things about so far that i
dont like,

daniel, you should use quikedit, the successor to iceedit.

iceedit has a few quirks.

just follow the install instructions and everything will work.
it is now abandonware; the author approves of using the crack because he has lost all the source code.

http://wikisend.com/download/244292/Bbs_utils%20-%20quikedit%20v2.40%20REG ISTER ED%20qedit.zip

http://tinyurl.com/qcvwxxs

i think i uploaded it to vert too
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yes thanx bro i downloaded that tonight i will install it tomorrow when i do some extra doors
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:35 pm

RE: funny
BY: Digital Man to daniel davis on Fri Jul 03 2015 15:26:30

yes thank you digital man, i just installed iceedit, and although i
like the appearance, but, i have found 2 things about so far that i
dont like,

daniel, you should use quikedit, the successor to iceedit.

iceedit has a few quirks.

just follow the install instructions and everything will work.
it is now abandonware; the author approves of using the crack because he has lost all the source code.

http://wikisend.com/download/244292/Bbs_utils%20-%20quikedit%20v2.40%20REG ISTER ED%20qedit.zip

http://tinyurl.com/qcvwxxs

i think i uploaded it to vert too
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weird, i installed this from the link that you supplied me with, and when i ran the crack program it worked i think, however it started emitting this irritating pinging, or beeping noise, i actually had to reboot to get rid of it

it seems to be working now though
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Fri Jul 03 2015 11:39 pm

ok i set scfg to strip the kludge lines is this better bro?

Yes.

i dont know what
kludge lines are but i set the setting in my iceedit to strip em as
you mentioned previously, any ideas why my iceedit isnt quoting any
previous msgs?

Look here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:editor:iceedit

digital man

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thanx man i will check it out later i have a car and job now so not as much time and instead of fighting with iceedit i switched to slyedit ice style hehe works fine for me
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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Sun Jul 05 2015 07:28 pm

thanx man i will check it out later i have a car and job now so not as much time and instead of fighting with iceedit i switched to slyedit ice style hehe works fine for me

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Re: funny
By: daniel davis to Digital Man on Sun Jul 05 2015 07:28 pm

thanx man i will check it out later i have a car and job now so not as
much time and instead of fighting with iceedit i switched to slyedit
ice style hehe works fine for me

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Joe,

anyone else had a guy request they install a modem so he could experien the old days of dialup?? :) hehe i cant believe i got that email today

I have one installed <G>

I used to have dial-up years ago...running it first exclusively with
GT Power, then had it with Synchronet.

But, at the apartment complex where I have lived since 2003, several
years ago, construction crews were doing work out here. While several underground cables were CLEARLY MARKED, the crews still sliced them like
a knife through butter!! They left the holes open, and it poured rain
that night night, flooding the cables. The resulting line noise made
voice calls extremely noisy/static filled...and modem/fax/data calls
were impossible.

Plus, with being on a fixed income (I've been disabled since 2004), I
cna't see spending $50 a month for a vanilla dial-up line.

Daryl

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Re: funny
By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Sun Jul 12 2015 18:43:39

I used to have dial-up years ago...running it first exclusively with
GT Power, then had it with Synchronet.

But, at the apartment complex where I have lived since 2003, several
years ago, construction crews were doing work out here. While several underground cables were CLEARLY MARKED, the crews still sliced them like a knife through butter!! They left the holes open, and it poured rain that night night, flooding the cables. The resulting line noise made voice calls extremely noisy/static filled...and modem/fax/data calls were impossible.

Strange how they still manage to do that. Required by law to search for stuff like that prior to digging.
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Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 15 2015 08:45 am

Strange how they still manage to do that. Required by law to search for stuff like that prior to digging.

it's all about what you can get away with once you leave the premise, it seems. Nowhere near the impact, but I remember a company that had their T1 go down, leaving us without network connectivity and voice trunk lines back to a corporate office.

Turns out one of the techs came in to install a fax line in a multi-tenant building and had run out of pairs. He "didn't see" the yellow tag tied to the cross-connect identifying it as a T1 circuit, put his butt set on it, didn't hear dial tone, and "borrowed" the pair.

When we found out what had happened and called Pac Bell, they started quoting normal repair times. For a problem they'd caused. Escalation ensued and I had someone out in a half an hour. They wouldn't send the same guy out, however, as I'd hoped. He would have had a fun time with me hovering over him.

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Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 15 2015 08:45 am

Re: funny
By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Sun Jul 12 2015 18:43:39

I used to have dial-up years ago...running it first exclusively with
GT Power, then had it with Synchronet.

But, at the apartment complex where I have lived since 2003, several
years ago, construction crews were doing work out here. While
several underground cables were CLEARLY MARKED, the crews still
sliced them like a knife through butter!! They left the holes open,
and it poured rain that night night, flooding the cables. The
resulting line noise made voice calls extremely noisy/static
filled...and modem/fax/data calls were impossible.

Strange how they still manage to do that. Required by law to search for stuff like that prior to digging.

They should have called 811 :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-1-1

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Re: funny
By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Sun Jul 12 2015 06:43 pm

Plus, with being on a fixed income (I've been disabled since 2004), I cna't see spending $50 a month for a vanilla dial-up line.

i wouldnt pay 5 bucks a month for a dialup line. i think the current taxes are just below that, too.
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Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 15 2015 08:45 am

made voice calls extremely noisy/static filled...and modem/fax/data calls were impossible.

Strange how they still manage to do that. Required by law to search for stuff like that prior to digging.

that happened to me when i was working. the crews cut through some major lines underground and everyone lost power for couple of days. it was in an industrial area so many businesses were effected.

i just takes one clown with a backhoe to screw it up for everyone
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Re: funny
By: Poindexter Fortran to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 15 2015 06:57:26

Strange how they still manage to do that. Required by law to search
for stuff like that prior to digging.

it's all about what you can get away with once you leave the premise, it seems. Nowhere near the impact, but I remember a company that had their T1 go down, leaving us without network connectivity and voice trunk lines back to a corporate office.

Turns out one of the techs came in to install a fax line in a multi-tenant building and had run out of pairs. He "didn't see" the yellow tag tied to the cross-connect identifying it as a T1 circuit, put his butt set on it, didn't hear dial tone, and "borrowed" the pair.

When we found out what had happened and called Pac Bell, they started quoting normal repair times. For a problem they'd caused. Escalation ensued and I had someone out in a half an hour. They wouldn't send the same guy out, however, as I'd hoped. He would have had a fun time with me hovering over him.

That of course is a technical fault but someone who obviously did not know what he wwas doing. (or could not read). Buried lines are supposed to be searched for and marked with paint lines and flags.

I had something similar happen to my DSL. They cut my Internet instead of my son's who was moving. When I called I got the same crap as you did. Oh it takes two weeks before we can fix it. All it took was to put the switch box back into my circuit, and I mentioned since it only took them 5 minutes to unhook it they should be able to reverse it immediatly. I had to argue with the rep, and the best she could do was the following Friday. It was only 3 days, but 3 days too long
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Re: funny
By: KenDB3 to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 15 2015 11:39:45

They should have called 811 :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-1-1

I had never heard of that. Apparently the province I live in does not yet subscribe to that number
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Re: funny
By: Mro to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 15 2015 11:40:02

that happened to me when i was working. the crews cut through some major lines underground and everyone lost power for couple of days. it was in an industrial area so many businesses were effected.

i just takes one clown with a backhoe to screw it up for everyone

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe
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Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to KenDB3 on Thu Jul 16 2015 10:06 pm

I had never heard of that. Apparently the province I live in does not yet subscribe to that number

Canada? Canada has Click Before You Dig.
http://www.clickbeforeyoudig.com/


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Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to Mro on Thu Jul 16 2015 10:09 pm

Re: funny
By: Mro to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 15 2015 11:40:02

that happened to me when i was working. the crews cut through some major lines underground and everyone lost power for couple of days. it was in an industrial area so many businesses were effected.

i just takes one clown with a backhoe to screw it up for everyone

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe

IF HE DIES, HE DIES! just kidding. i've heard of a lot of backhoes cutting power lines, but not the operator getting zapped.
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Re: funny
By: Mro to Joe Delahaye on Sat Jul 18 2015 00:00:44

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe

IF HE DIES, HE DIES! just kidding. i've heard of a lot of backhoes cutting power lines, but not the operator getting zapped.

Probably like me cutting thru the power cord on my circular saw, and wondering why it quit <G>
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Re: funny
By: Deuce to Joe Delahaye on Fri Jul 17 2015 09:11:55

I had never heard of that. Apparently the province I live in does not
yet subscribe to that number

Canada? Canada has Click Before You Dig.
http://www.clickbeforeyoudig.com/

Never heard of that one either. Around here they keep advertising Call before you dig.
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Re: funny
By: Deuce to Joe Delahaye on Fri Jul 17 2015 09:11 am

Re: funny
By: Joe Delahaye to KenDB3 on Thu Jul 16 2015 10:06 pm

I had never heard of that. Apparently the province I live in does not
yet subscribe to that number

Canada? Canada has Click Before You Dig.
http://www.clickbeforeyoudig.com/

That looks like a pretty cool system. I didn't know they had that.

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Joe,

that happened to me when i was working. the crews cut through some majo lines underground and everyone lost power for couple of days. it was in industrial area so many businesses were effected.

i just takes one clown with a backhoe to screw it up for everyone

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe

Not to mention expensive, especially if warning signs were clearly
noted.

Daryl

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Joe,

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe

IF HE DIES, HE DIES! just kidding. i've heard of a lot of backhoes cutt power lines, but not the operator getting zapped.

Probably like me cutting thru the power cord on my circular saw, and wonderi JD>why it quit <G>

Sounds like the Redneck way of doing it. Their smoke detector consists
of a container of Jiffy Pop popcorn on the wall in the kitchen, If you
hear rapid popping, it means something's on fire. <G>

Daryl

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Joe,

Never heard of that one either. Around here they keep advertising Call befo JD>you dig.

Same here in Arkansas.

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Re: funny
By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Mon Jul 20 2015 12:57:26

Probably like me cutting thru the power cord on my circular saw, and

wonderi JD>why it quit <G>

Sounds like the Redneck way of doing it. Their smoke detector consists
of a container of Jiffy Pop popcorn on the wall in the kitchen, If you hear rapid popping, it means something's on fire. <G>

I've heard that one <G> I actually did cut thru the cord one time. Didnt even blow a fuse. Thankfully the saws are protected, so the user wont feel it



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Re: funny
By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Mon Jul 20 2015 12:57:26

Yup, and could be really dangerous to the clown on the backhoe

Not to mention expensive, especially if warning signs were clearly
noted.

If you know there are utilities buried, there is usually a tape warning of the utility above it. When you see that, you go slow with directions <G> If things were not marked on top, then you're on your own I guess.
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