Subj : Re: I'm BAAAAACK! (I think ;) )
To   : Warpslide
From : esc
Date : Thu Jul 28 2022 01:15:29

 Wa> Especially when you're following Avon's videos.  When I was first
 Wa> getting  back into the BBS scene I followed along with those and was up
 Wa> & going in an  afternoon.  I thought to myself "well that was way too
 Wa> easy!".

Yes! This!

I remember setting up binkd manually and hooking it up to daydream with basically no documentation. What a nightmare. Now things are super simple and the follow-along guides are incredible. I feel pretty fortunate these days.

 Wa> I thought part of being a sysop was being sadomasochistic enjoying the
 Wa> pain  and suffering of trying to get everything to work.  At least
 Wa> that's how it  was for me trying to get Telegard talking to FastEcho,
 Wa> AllFix & FrontDoor  back in the day.

Yeah, having everything under one roof is pretty slick. I remember configuring the same things multiple times for the different products that made everything work. It was frustrating. God forbid you ever had to make a change lol.

 Wa> I've found hpt to just frustrating enough to be considered sadomasochism
 Wa> but  not so much as to drive me to alcoholism... yet.  ;)

I remember getting hpt set up under Enthral once upon a time and it wasn't my favorite experience either hehe. 

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