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In a reply from SysOp on 17:32 about The Zombie Zone
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you might want to change your aka to something other then sysop (we are all sysop here)
you might want to change your aka to something other then sysop (we are all sysop here)
BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn't it?
That's old school.
Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.
Thanks,
Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am
BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn it?
it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop
That's old school.
Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.
there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.
i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
Thanks,
catch ya later noob
Does anyone like you?
Have you ever seen a command prompt Mro or do they scare you because you can't click on buttons?
Newsflash: I figured out my error and fixed it before you or anyone else commented.
Have you ever seen a command prompt Mro or do they scare you because you can't click on buttons?
But I will check in with you the next time I have a question about BBS protocol and etiquette...
Catch ya later, douchebag.
Zombie Mambo wrote to Mro <=-
I've run bbs's since I wrote one in TI Extended basic in 1982. Hardly a noob. Yeah. Basic. Line numbers. Not drag n drop object oriented
languages or scripts like today's gen x'er +'s are used to.
Signed,
Somehow who just wrote a fairly complex BBS package in Python.
But aside from that, do zombies really mambo?
Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use it nowadays.
Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Noisome to Zombie Mambo on Wed Apr 17 2013 07:36 pm
But aside from that, do zombies really mambo?
i like sysop better than zombie mambo
Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Sampsa to Zombie Mambo on Thu Apr 18 2013 17:35:00
Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use nowadays.
Did you see this game called Black Annex that was just released? Written in QBASIC and very impressive.
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Re: The Zombie Zone't
By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am
BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn
it?
it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop
That's old school.
Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.
there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.
i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
Thanks,
catch ya later noob
Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Mro to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 16 2013 04:09 pm
Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am
'tBTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, do
it?
it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop
That's old school.
Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the syso name was actually sysop.
there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.
i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
Thanks,
catch ya later noob
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Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's. Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed
for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.
Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's. Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.
Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Zombie Mambo to Captain Kirk on Fri Apr 19 2013 09:09 am
Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.
I learned quite a bit about how computers worked by programming in BASIC. Anyone ever own an Amiga and programmed with Amiga BASIC? I had so much fun with that.
Zombie Mambo wrote to Dreamer <=-
I never owned an Amiga but I will say honestly I was so jealous of
friends who did. The Amiga was one of if not the best personal
computers of its time with regards to its graphics and sound abilites.
Sheesus who remembers the Video Toaster?
BASIC was a great learning language. Better than LOGO or TURTLE as an entry language.
As a building foundation, BASIC made it really easy for me to get into Visual Basic, and eventually C, C#, Javascript, etc.
Fundamental concepts were easy to understand making them not seem
foreign when you were exposed to the newer languages of the late 1990's and 2000's.
It's funny looking back in history.
In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was.
What Email was.
What modems did.
They didn't get it. They didn't use computers.
Now they can't live without their tablet or smartphone, taking for
granted the fact that they can email/text anyone anywhere anytime. Yet they still do not understand how any of it works, nor do they care.
So, I get no satisfaction or "see I told you so" for all the $$ I made them spend on me as a 5th grader wanting $1000 worth of PC stuff in
1982.
Especially when you can get a netbook now for $299 that is more
powerfull than the top of the line PC from '82...
But the one thing I DO get is a phone call from a family member every
week or se asking me to "fix" their pc, ipad, phone, etc...
Smartphones and Tablets are becoming like cars to people.
If they turn they key and it doesn't start, its broken and they must
take it to the shop to have an "expert" look at it.
NOBODY took their computer to the shop in the 80's cuz, their computer
was NEVER broken. They just f'd up their files and would spend hours learning how to fix it.
Gone are the days where people invest time to figure stuff out.
Sorry for the rant!
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Zombie Mambo wrote to Dreamer <=
I never owned an Amiga but I will say honestly I was so jealous o friends who did. The Amiga was one of if not the best persona
computers of its time with regards to its graphics and sound abilites
Shame Commodore never advertised more in this country...it's almost a
if Commodore USA was relying on a few magazine ads and word of mouth
Which, actually, worked out quite well if CBM had just managed thei
business better.
Incidentally, anyone ever think about how similar modern computers ar
to what Commodore and Amiga was in the early eighties? What made i
so powerful was a processor with extra instructions compared to th
286, and a full processor for graphics, for sound, and maybe one o
two other processors. This was at a time when graphics and soun
crunching were still done mainly in software.
Sheesus who remembers the Video Toaster
I never got to play on one, but I remember drooling over it back whe
I was still interested in multimedia
BASIC was a great learning language. Better than LOGO or TURTLE as a entry language
As a building foundation, BASIC made it really easy for me to get int Visual Basic, and eventually C, C#, Javascript, etc
Yeah, so long as it was the right BASIC. I initially learned on a
early BASIC, with line numbers and not much in the way of extensions
Amiga BASIC really opened the door for me.
Fundamental concepts were easy to understand making them not see
foreign when you were exposed to the newer languages of the late 1990 and 2000's
It's funny looking back in history
In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was
What Email was
What modems did
They didn't get it. They didn't use computers
Same here, but zoom forward about ten years. Around '92, I was tryin
to get my mom to let me teach her a thing or two about computers. Sh couldn't believe she'd ever need to know it, since she worked in th
school cafeterias
Ten years later she had to take a few adult ed courses because she wa
going to be the assistant manager the next year. Luckily the schoo
paid for it -- I chided her for not coming to me. :
Now they can't live without their tablet or smartphone, taking fo granted the fact that they can email/text anyone anywhere anytime. Ye they still do not understand how any of it works, nor do they care
My mom has a fairly new fangled phone. I don't personally have an
use for a smartphone...mine is about as dumb as they come these days
No games, no download apps, no camera, I'm lucky to have a calenda
and alarm on it. I love it. Battery life is phenomenal. Conversely
she has a phone that can do almost anything; it's just shy of what w
would call a smartphone now. She might record video once in a while
and it replaced her camera. She still doesn't ask me for help o
stuff...my stepdad spent all day Saturday trying to get photos off o
it...lo
The only reason there's a computer in that house is cuz my stepdad ha
a business... and they only use it for writing INVOICES...bleh...
tried offering to help modernize his business w/ software that'll d
P&L's, automatic invoicing, track stuff for taxes, etc. Nope
So, I get no satisfaction or "see I told you so" for all the $$ I mad them spend on me as a 5th grader wanting $1000 worth of PC stuff i
1982
Especially when you can get a netbook now for $299 that is mor
powerfull than the top of the line PC from '82..
Probably more powerful than something closer to 2000, even
But the one thing I DO get is a phone call from a family member ever week or se asking me to "fix" their pc, ipad, phone, etc..
Smartphones and Tablets are becoming like cars to people
If they turn they key and it doesn't start, its broken and they mus
take it to the shop to have an "expert" look at it
NOBODY took their computer to the shop in the 80's cuz, their compute was NEVER broken. They just f'd up their files and would spend hour learning how to fix it
Well, repair shops were still pretty rare in the 80's. Some place
were lucky to have even one. I can't tell you how many people had
dusty computer sitting in some corner cuz something was wrong with it
Big reason repair shops were rare was because computers were s
expensive, most people who wanted to spend the money on one wer
technical minded enough to want to work out how to use it
Now, fast forward to the 90's, and computers were finally becomin
cheap enough, and used ones plentiful enough, that everyone wa
starting to get them. Games were more badass than the consoles, an
that helped, too. Ever notice how repair shops boomed after th
release of Windows 95? ;
Gone are the days where people invest time to figure stuff out
Sorry for the rant
No problem, I love flashbacks. :
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All I got was one big quote. No text
In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was. What
Email was. What modems did. They didn't get it. They didn't use
computers.
Noisome wrote to Sampsa <=-
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Signed,
Somehow who just wrote a fairly complex BBS package in Python.
Can I see? :)
Captain Kirk wrote to Sampsa <=-
Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use it nowadays.
Did you see this game called Black Annex that was just released?
Written in QBASIC and very impressive.
http://www.blackannex.net
Re: The Zombie Zone
By: Zombie Mambo to All on Mon May 27 2019 11:50 am
Sorry I missed quoted this post but it was conserning your bbs was back onli but anways
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