Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Moondog
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Aug 23 2020 16:04:00

-=> On 08-22-20 12:06, Moondog wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Mo> I was able to click on a link on Benj's website, and open a telnet
 Mo> window.  I wouldn't consider that expertise.  I get what you're saying,
 Mo> though.  It's a bit off the beaten path, and I think that also attracts
 Mo> a different crowd, whether they are retro computing or appreciate the
 Mo> perks and quirks of the interface.

I was talking as a _sysop_, especially with the older software (Mystic and
Synchronet make it dead easy by comparison).  And even as a user back then, you
often had to deal with IRQ and COM purt issues, installing the right UARTs, if
you wanted high speed comms.  Many BBS users were also computer tinkerers, and
BBSing was an extension of that hobby (and a useful source of shareware!).

We of the 2020s can forget how easy we have it, where the technical complexity
of networking is hidden away (you should see a KA9Q NOS config file - talk
about the ins and outs of a duck's bum there! :D


.... I do not think it means what you think it means.
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