Subj : Re: Ident-A-Call
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 13:48:16

 *** Quoting poindexter FORTRAN from a message to Warpslide ***

 pF> I remember those - some people tried running BBSes on their home
 pF> phone that  way.

 pF> I ran a dial-up BBS in 5 different houses, and always got lucky with
 pF> the wiring.

My dial-up BBS started out as the second line in our house, when I wanted to 
add a second node I called up Bell Canada and they said our house would need 
a new cable run from the pole to our house.

They said we'd have to pay to have a trench dug from the pole to our house, 
to which my Dad said "f@*# that, I'll dig the damn trench myself!".  So one 
afternoon I "helped" my Dad dig the trench, the Bell guy came and ran the 
cable to the house and was nice enough to put the new demarc for the two new 
lines right in my bedroom.

Before my Dad would let me "play" with my new modems, he made me fill the 
trench in: "I dug most of the g0d d@mn thing myself, you can f@*#ing well 
fill it back in!" (he's a colourful character).

After that my family shared the main line in the house (my sister had her own 
number with Ident-A-Call) and I had two (and later three) separate phone 
lines in my room.


Jay

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