What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
Nightfox wrote to The Millionaire <=-
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
The first computer I ran Synchronet on was one of my desktop PCs which
I had built myself, which I think had an AMD Athlon processor and was running Windows XP (it was 2007).
I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old, when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the optical drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hung off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of RAM, a 500 mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly for the next 7 years.
friend who had a Packard Bell computer (a popular model at the time), and the most obvious thing was its proprietary case. It had a horizontal case, and one time we were looking inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be installed horizontally rather than vertically, and if I remember right, it also had an expansion card that was a modem and sound card in one. I thought it was pretty weird.
Re: Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Feb 05 2022 12:38 pm
I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old, when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the opti drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hun off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of RAM, a 500 mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly for the next 7 years.
PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me. In early high school, I had a
inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be ins
Nightfox
PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me.
At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts, like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a monitor and PC in one case.
I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of time I get those confused. :)
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
a 486 DX2/66 probably around 1994/1995.
In the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores that was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.
Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop selling them...
What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?
and looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.
Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop selling them...
fine piece of software. Another bit of history for valhalla is that I started the bbs back in the 1990 using Telex Host, but soon afterword switch to GAP.
At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts
like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a
monitor and PC in one case.
I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of tim
I get those confused. :)
I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early 2000s. I
the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores at was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a l
like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that compan
because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the compa
making those PCs had to stop selling them.
In the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores that was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic an
looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.
Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop sellin
them...
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: DesotoFireflite to The Millionaire on Wed Feb 09 2022 11:28 am
fine piece of software. Another bit of history for valhalla is that
I started the bbs back in the 1990 using Telex Host, but soon
afterword switch to GAP.
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).
I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early
2000s. I the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember
seeing in stores at was an all-in-one that used translucent blue &
white plastic and looked a l like Apple's new iMac at the time. I
remember hearing Apple sued that compan because their PCs looked too
much like their iMac, and they won, and the compa making those PCs had
to stop selling them.
This would have been in 1994, which was before the iMac (I think). These were more "boringly" packaged units in plain beige cases. I think I also remember those PCs that looked like they were knocking off the look of the iMac, but don't think I ever saw one firsthand. I wonder who made them?
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Nightfox to Crushed on Wed Feb 09 2022 06:12 pm
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s.
I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.
It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)
It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --
digital man (rob)
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included
with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application
Language for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included Cr>> with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language Cr>> for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I
remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to
run a full BBS with it.
It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)
It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm
Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.
I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.
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Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix
included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script
Application Language for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the
early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem
full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.
It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)
It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly
replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The
Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --
Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.
I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.
Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm
hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included Cr>> with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language Cr>> for Telix).
I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I
remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to
run a full BBS with it.
It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)
It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --
Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.
I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.
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