Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Roy Witt
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Wed Jan 26 2005 08:55 pm

Dear Roy, in regards to this message to Me.

 > Hello Howie.


G'day Roy.

 > 21 Jan 05 18:59, you wrote to Tom Walker:

 > HC> Dear Tom, in regards to this message to Me.

 >>> -> > There at one time also were well over 300 BBS's in the San Diego

 >>> -> That is a lot of BBS's for 1 Metropolitan area, even one as huge as

 >>> Yes it was.

 > HC> What is its density these days?.

 >  15 nodes,


Aha.

 > 7 BBSs.


That is interesting, i think that is about the number in the Whole State of 
South Australia.

 > Don't know if all of the BBSs are up and running,


Well if they are not and there Sysops have not said so then that is rather 
sloppy of them.

 > but they're listed in the nodelist.


I Amsure they are all up.

 >>> But for some reason the San Diego general area has always been Very

 > HC> Probably because, according to my reading of its reputation, it is a

 > Imported computer capitol of the eastern Pacific Rim.

 >>> At one time we had the MOST broadband wired Downtown of any city in the

 > HC> That is a lot of broadband.

 > There's now a wireless network downtown.


Aha.

 > Free access,


That is interesting.

 > btw.


I Am sure tom Walker would be interested in this information.

 >>> And the great side effect of all those BBS's spreading the word and

 > HC> Jackpot.

 >  The computer literate in San Diego don't buy systems,


No?,

 > they build them from all those availble parts.


But surely they could be called the Computer Technically Abled?.

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