Subj : Re: Thin client PC to run
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Dec 01 2025 14:13:19

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-

 -=> Gamgee wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

 Ga> I have often thought that that "era" (let's call it '85 to '97 or so)
 Ga> of computing was my favorite time with computers.  Sure, we now have so
 Ga> much more capability, and Linux, and graphics galore and all....
 Ga> but.... that period of time was when I feel like I "peaked" in many
 Ga> abilities. All the stuff you had to know to maximize MSDOS, and batch
 Ga> files, and putting *so* many pieces of software together to run a
 Ga> complete BBS/Mailer setup.  I think of it as the "Golden Years".  ;-)

 pF> Getting a batch file, BBS, utilities and a mailer all working together
 pF> was a high point of BBSing in the DOS era. Scheduling mail runs, echo
 pF> maintenance, defragging, log rotation and online games was pretty fly.

 pF> Did I just type that?

Ummm, yes, although it was pretty much a summary/repeat of what I said 
right above it... Except for the 90's reference right at the end.   :-)



.... The world is full of surprises, very few of which are pleasant.
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
 þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL

.