Subj : Re: MMTerm?
To   : Bruce L Wilson
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Thu Apr 26 2001 09:42 am

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Hello Bruce - 

JH>> If you want it THAT detailed, Charles, the connection to
JH>> the internet may very well cost SOMETHING but from that
JH>> point on, the connection to as many BBSs as you wish, for
JH>> as long as you wish, in every possible corner of the world
JH>> are FREE from ADDED CHARGES. Try comparing that to plain
JH>> copper dial-up BBSing to the same BBSs (which is what we
JH>> were doing). 

BLW> Once upon a time, there was PC Pursuit, and once upon a
BLW> time it offered UNLIMITED night and weekend use of the
BLW> Telnet/Sprintnet data network for a flat $25/month.
BLW> Compare _that_ to 10 cents, or even 5 cents, a minute for
BLW> direct-dialed LD. :-) 

Yes, my brother and I both used PC-Pursuit when we ran CoBBS#1
and CoBBS#2. 

I just get tired trying to explain to newbies that they didn't
discover the world on their W9x'r machines. Even before FIDO
the *nix'rs were passing email around the world and life was
good. ;-) 

 

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