17 Nov
2000
17 Nov
'00
7:04 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth" <sethm(a)loomcom.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: BBS's
Doh! Yeah, forgot about that. Good point.
I can't afford to be THAT adventurous! LOL. ;^)
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:35:21PM +1030, Geoff
Roberts wrote:
> If you just want a dialup thingy for those in your area, probably
ok, if
you have
people close enough not to mind the 30c per local call.
Ah, I keep forgetting how lucky we Yanks are to live in the United
States -- at least, in terms of telecommunications costs. Local calls
here are invariably free of charge, included in a flat monthly fee
for telephone service. Only long-distance requires a per-minute or
per-call fee. Yup ;) Not my problem. View it as a perfect
opportunity to
form an ARCH RIVAL to RetroNET. Call it... AuNET or something.
We can have vicious flamewars about whose is better, and eventually
form a backbone cabal.
(evil grin) Seriously, if you can do it, go for it.
"Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Perhaps, but
not across the ocean at 2400 baud.
You're simply not being adventurous enough ;) Next Up: Tin-Can-and-Two-Strings-Net, dammit!
BWAHAHAHA!
I play with teletypes a lot, perhaps a global mechanical TTY network,
LOL.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)tell.net.au
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