Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Howie Coombe
From : Roy Witt
Date : Fri Jan 28 2005 02:53 pm

Hello Howie.

26 Jan 05 20:55, you wrote to me:

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

Yeup. Australia is getting very sparse between BBSs these days.

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

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

You can browse the nodelist these days and find all kinds of nodes who's
systems don't answer a call.

 >> but they're listed in the nodelist.

 HC> I Amsure they are all up.

Not necessarily.

 >> There's now a wireless network downtown.

 HC> Aha.
 >> Free access,
 HC> That is interesting.

The best part is, anyone with the proper equipment can join that network
as long as they allow everyone to use it too.

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

That would depend on where he lives. So far only the downtown area,
including Golden Hills (old part of SD) is capable of accessing freenet.

 >>  The computer literate in San Diego don't buy systems,
 HC> No?,
 >> they build them from all those availble parts.

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

I don't know how technically able one has to be. My first PC was a 286-12
and I paid over $1800 for it. When I got it home, I opened it up and was
amazed at how little there was to it. So, I've never bought an assembled
PC until lately. The author of 'Lindows' (Linux with windows) has placed a
nice computer with a local franchise for less than $200, including
everything but a monitor. IMO, the OS sucks, but the computer was worth
the money.



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