Subj : Y2K again..? was: Note f To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Feb 17 2020 08:37:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> Anyway, if I see something check to see it's not something stupid I BM>> did. try to get as detailed as possible, and report. BM>> As you said, they usually get fixed, if not and not too inconvenient, BM>> just ignore and go on. NB>> Yup. And I think the programs I do use aren't ones that I can NB>> reach the authors of anymore anyway.... so if there is an issue, NB>> I just have to hope that Richard can find a way to fix it... ;) BM> I'm using one of those right now: the editor I use for BBS mail is no BM> longer supported. Years ago I sent a check to register - I think more BM> to be legit and appreciative. Was returned, I think by the family. NB> As long as it still works, it doesn't matter whether or not it is NB> supported, after all... :) Right; I was mainly trying to send the registration check as thank you to the author. Also would have removed the 'please register' note that only appears when first writing then disappears. NB>>> Telling other users about the upgraded product, anyway... I don't NB>>> know what other products, if any, Cutting Edge produced... But he NB>>> did write a full line of readers and BBS offline doors for BlueWave, NB>>> for different platforms and bbs softwares... :) BM>> Word-of-mouth advertising is good! NB>> Yup... and having them available on BBSs to download... There was a NB>> kid that was really into Bluewave, back when I was just getting into NB>> this stuff... Paul something... He was also a regular on the Holodeck, NB>> and made sure that we had the latest and greatest as soon as it came NB>> out... I know of at least one existing bbs (Holodeck is gone now) that NB>> has pretty much every Bluewave file, including the Y2K fixes that NB>> happened after the author had already disappeared... BM> A repository of old files and fixes is nice to have available. Part BM> of that may be why I have kept a bunch of old software, for that just BM> in case I or someone needs. Not so sure I really need to keep MS-DOS BM> 3.x. NB> You just never know... But, yes, that is pretty ancient... even I NB> am using something beyond that... Good! ...Just did a quick look at eBay -- did see a 3.3 and that was bundled with a Windows at a little over forty dollars. Appears not really worth the storage space. ...Would be nice if could find out how long some of the 'antique' items have been posted: selling like hotcakes or posted since 1995. NB>>>> As I'm not watching the TV at all, I wasn't really paying attention NB>>>> until Richard started talking about it.... :) BM>>> Right: TV? Oh, yeah, that monitor-like thing in the corner. NB>>> Yup, something like that.... :) BM>> Back to the rescanning, for me the problem wasn't the TVs but more the BM>> MythTV portion ==> recording and playback of TV shows. Had read in BM>> the forum of some problems, most rescans seemed to go fine. Here my BM>> "Phase 1" rescan for 'Channel 6' went fine; even got a new station BM>> (though rarely watch because most offerings repeated locally). NB>> The more complicated one's setup, the more complicated the updates NB>> get... ;) BM> Seems to! OTOH it's (MythTV) relatively straight-forward: just a lot BM> more menus. ...OK, so maybe just a little more complicated! NB> As I said.... Not watching TV or .... BM>> "Phase 2" was a little bumpy but could have been something I tried. BM>> 'Channel 8' moved from one frequency to another -- could I simply BM>> change that number? The way I did it didn't work; on the rescan BM>> (regular way) I ended up with two 'Channel 8's, one old and therefore BM>> dead but identified as WQAD and the other new, live, but identified as BM>> "1" (subchannels as "2", "3". etc.). Figured out the ones with the BM>> call signs were the old, delete and rename the new ones, and all set. BM>> The other stations which updated at the same time did not have the BM>> quirk. NB>> Probably best not to second-guess the instructions... BM> (Where's that tagline about discoveries are made by not following BM> instructions?!) NB> Sometimes the discovery is that it would have been better to NB> follow the instructions... Ooohhhh!! BM> I may have to read what the correct way to BM> update/change is: I don't know if any of the remaining stations will BM> have a future repack but reasonably sure of added sub-stations. NB> And by then, there might be an update to the instructions, too... NB> ;) I did find out appears there is a rescan needed around March 17th. Out of curiosity I think I'll look up that other way of setting the station frequency. Probably easier to do a scan. BM>> Think we're all set here until a new station comes on-line, either a BM>> new substation to an existing station or a new station. Now to see BM>> what's going on with Samantha and Daryll.... (hopefully find the BM>> tagline!) BM>> ... 7:30 Ch 7: Bewitched.Tabatha gets carsick & turns Darin into BM>> plastic bag. NB>> That's the other show, isn't it...? BM> There were two husbands - maybe both were named Darin? ....Darrin BM> (two r's): Dick York.... The other one wasn't listed in the photos. NB> I was referring to the fact that one was "Samantha and Daryll" NB> and the other one "Tabitha and Darin"... And then there was NB> Jeanie (Genie).... Ah-ha! You do know some TV!! BM> Off to the Wikipedia article.... Ah!: BM> Darrin Stephens (originally Dick York, seasons 1-5; later Dick BM> Sargent, seasons 6-8). BM> As for the reason for the change: BM> Dick York was unable to continue his role as Darrin because of a BM> severe back condition, the result of an accident during the filming BM> of They Came To Cordura in 1959. Starting during the third season, BM> York's disability caused ongoing shooting delays and script rewrites. BM> After collapsing while filming the episode "Daddy Does His Thing" and BM> being rushed to the hospital in January 1969, York left the show. BM> Dick Sargent was cast for the role that same month,[1] and went on to BM> play Darrin in the sixth through eighth seasons, NB> Not that I was by any means a regular viewer, but I did see the NB> occasional episode from time to time... of a number of those NB> shows... ;) And saw some as reruns over the years as well (at NB> other people's houses, generally)... A lot of the shows I watch could easily be classified as cotton candy for the brain, though not quite turning my brain to cotton candy (Marshmallow Fluff, maybe! ). Some was just to be able to join in on work conversations. BM> ... Today it's hard to find wood to knock on for good luck. NB> That's why one might use one's head to knock on... it's NB> convenient, as well... I do usually have ti with me! NB> ... If you wake up Sleepy & Grumpy, you must be Snow White. And.... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. -- Mae West (1893 -1980) --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .