Charles,

Not always the case, atleast in my area. But quite a few of us, are very CS>capable of fixing these old machines up. Pay 20 bucks for a old PC, that mig CS>have cost 1000 back in the day. There's enough old hardware on eBay to upgr CS>and fix 'em. That's been from my experience.

Over 30 years ago, one of my BBS users, bought a unique computer at a
flea market. It had a keyboard, monitor, mouse, a 3.5" floppy drive, and
a 5.25" floppy drive, but no hard drive. So, on the 3.5" floppy drive, I
loaded the command prompt shell (on drive A), then on the 5.25" floppy
drive, I loaded the terminal program of GT Power for dial-up. So, he
could logon to the BBS via dial-up without a hard drive.

Daryl

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On 05-22-19 07:32, Daryl Stout wrote to CHARLES STEPHENSON <=-

Over 30 years ago, one of my BBS users, bought a unique computer at a flea market. It had a keyboard, monitor, mouse, a 3.5" floppy drive,
and a 5.25" floppy drive, but no hard drive. So, on the 3.5" floppy
drive, I loaded the command prompt shell (on drive A), then on the
5.25" floppy drive, I loaded the terminal program of GT Power for
dial-up. So, he could logon to the BBS via dial-up without a hard
drive.

Oh, I first logged onto a BBS using a Microbee (Australian Z80 CP/M machine), which had 2 floppies. Can't recall what terminal emulator was used then.

Then my first PC was a home built XT clone with twin floppies, so been there, done that. :)


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Hi! Tony,

On 23 May 19 19:37, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

Oh, I first logged onto a BBS using a Microbee (Australian Z80 CP/M machine), which had 2 floppies. Can't recall what terminal emulator
was used then.

YAM? :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 05-23-19 21:13, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Oh, I first logged onto a BBS using a Microbee (Australian Z80 CP/M machine), which had 2 floppies. Can't recall what terminal emulator
was used then.

YAM? :)

No idea, can't recall.


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Hi! Tony,

On 24 May 19 19:51, you wrote to me:

Oh, I first logged onto a BBS using a Microbee (Australian Z80
CP/M machine), which had 2 floppies. Can't recall what terminal
emulator was used then.

YAM? :)

No idea, can't recall.

I never used YAM. I had a copy on an Apple ][ CP/M floppy but no hardware to test drive it. OTOH, there was another copy in use where I worked in the early
80s but us mere (clerical) mortals weren't allowed to oversee the IT ghods at their work.

IAC, there was another time... in those hectic times, where once upon a time, I
was face-2-face at the keyboard with a Microbee, on-line with the state government BBS. Yes!, there was once a Net640 BBS operating in the computing centre. :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 05-24-19 21:07, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I never used YAM. I had a copy on an Apple ][ CP/M floppy but no
hardware to test drive it. OTOH, there was another copy in use where I worked in the early 80s but us mere (clerical) mortals weren't allowed
to oversee the IT ghods at their work.

I forget, as it wasn't my Microbee, and I quickly moved to my own XT clone.

IAC, there was another time... in those hectic times, where once upon a time, I was face-2-face at the keyboard with a Microbee, on-line with

They weren't a bad system in their time.

the state government BBS. Yes!, there was once a Net640 BBS operating
in the computing centre. :)

Cool! :)


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