anybody still using elm

Roe Peterson roeapeterson at gmail.com
Thu Nov 6 12:43:46 CST 2014


On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Richard Loken <richardlo at admin.athabascau.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> 
>>  Only if you're transferring the files using UUCP.
> 
> Bravo!  One for Chuck!
> 
> Haven't run uucp at work for 30 years and never at home.  When I look at
> the silliness on the "world wide web" today, I begin to miss uucp.

Lord, I actually miss UUCP.  I had my own custom modemcap dialling routines that interacted with my own getty for dial in/out interlock.  We connected DEMAND+FAST to both decvax and utzoo with telebits, and took a full usenet feed.

Sigh.  The good old days.


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