Subj : Re: Lifestyle
To   : Ben Collver
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 07:42:00

-=> Ben Collver wrote to Mhansel739 <=-

 BC> I have the same problem with van living.  No stable space for retro
 BC> equipment.  However, i recall walking to a cafe that had a DEC terminal
 BC> directly connected to a modem, and a cheat sheet with Hayes commands to
 BC> dial in to the local university modem pools.

 At the heyday of the dial-in era, there was a BBS called SF-Net that
 had cheap PCs set up in coin-operated kiosks. You'd find nodes at BBSes
 and coffee shops all over the city.

 I lived next to a coffee shop/pub/discussion salon and toyed with the
 idea of setting up short haul modems and having a BBS node in the back
 room.

 Here's a great article about the place - we had many BBS gettogethers
 there in the '90s.

 https://tinyurl.com/48s28sba






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