I'm bacckk... muauauahahah.. lol

Wow, it's been a month I think, but it feels like ages since I've been "online". I supposed BBS years are faster? I dunnno. I will eventually pick up dev on MOZZT, and get my social and mail apps posted again, but no rush. I'd like to work on some more retro projects, but I have a habit of starting too many..

My daughter is getting me a wifi modem for my Tandy, or my old dell laptop from circa 2000?, so I plan on getting online with those late next month. I'm excited to take the Tandy for a spin!!! wooohooo!

LibreDOS dev is mostly halted. It's come a long way and there isn't much to do other than write/port userland. A few MSDOS games work with the emulation layer, and the GUI has some decent apps: IRC, FTP, Serial Terminal, Gopher browser, etc.

Anyway, sorry for not responding to msgs, I really don't visit other BBS's too often and I only have my networks on my BBS's atm. To be honest they're more for family anyway. We're running some family tree software and other apps that potentially could lead to security issues if they were public access.

Uhh, ok that's it! Seeya next month. :D

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Hello MissChief!

On 15 Nov 2022, MissChief said the following...

I'm bacckk... muauauahahah.. lol

Welcome back! :-D

Wow, it's been a month I think, but it feels like ages since I've been "online". I supposed BBS years are faster? I dunnno. I will eventually

Years seem to be flying, both with and without BBSes. :)

My daughter is getting me a wifi modem for my Tandy, or my old dell
laptop from circa 2000?, so I plan on getting online with those late
next month. I'm excited to take the Tandy for a spin!!! wooohooo!

That's cool, and a nice way to modernize the connections a little. =)

Uhh, ok that's it! Seeya next month. :D

See you! :-D

Best regards
Zip

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On 15 Nov 2022, MissChief said the following...

I'm bacckk... muauauahahah.. lol

Wow, it's been a month I think, but it feels like ages since I've been "online". I supposed BBS years are faster? I dunnno. I will eventually pick up dev on MOZZT, and get my social and mail apps posted again, but
no rush. I'd like to work on some more retro projects, but I have a
habit of starting too many..

My daughter is getting me a wifi modem for my Tandy, or my old dell
laptop from circa 2000?, so I plan on getting online with those late
next month. I'm excited to take the Tandy for a spin!!! wooohooo!

Tandy. My first computer.

... Press any key to continue or any other key to quit...

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On 15 Nov 22 17:09:53, Niter3 said the following to Misschief:

Tandy. My first computer.

My first "real" PC... one which I mowed lawns and babysat all summer of '91
as a teenager to afford a 20 megabyte ESDI hard drive.

Atreyu

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On 15 Nov 2022, Atreyu said the following...

On 15 Nov 22 17:09:53, Niter3 said the following to Misschief:

Tandy. My first computer.

My first "real" PC... one which I mowed lawns and babysat all summer of '91 as a teenager to afford a 20 megabyte ESDI hard drive.

Good times....

... Electricity is really just organized lightning.

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My first "real" PC... one which I mowed lawns and babysat all summer of
'91 as a teenager to afford a 20 megabyte ESDI hard drive.

Ahh, I vividly remember really looking forward to snowstorms back in my teens for many reasons.

1) School closing
2) Falling snow was like falling money into my pockets. I would shovel so many neighbors driveways/walks, it meant more hard drives, upgraded modems, and whatever other tech I wanted at the time.

I worked (3) jobs at the same time in my High School years. I had a lawn service that I started when I was 13, I delivered newspapers each day, and painted apartments during summer break during the day.

That is how I paid for all my computers, storage, modems, phone line, etc back in the teenage years.

- Mark
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On 15 Nov 22 20:24:43, Weatherman said the following to Atreyu:

That is how I paid for all my computers, storage, modems, phone line, etc ba in the teenage years.

Same here. I've been working since I was 13. There was no allowance or rewards for good grades growing up... you wanted money for name-brand clothing or records, stereo equipment, BMX bike, skateboard etc or some "nerdy computer things"... you go out and work for it.

I mowed so many lawns, shoveled so many driveways... had a nice alcoholic couple who partied at the legion or whatever on weekends and desperately needed babysitting for their two brats. Paid me a ton of cash every time.

My kid has some of my work ethic but still feels entitled... unfortunately.

Atreyu

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Same here. I've been working since I was 13. There was no allowance or rewards for good grades growing up... you wanted money for name-brand clothing or records, stereo equipment, BMX bike, skateboard etc or some "nerdy computer things"... you go out and work for it.

I mowed so many lawns, shoveled so many driveways... had a nice alcoholic couple who partied at the legion or whatever on weekends and desperately needed babysitting for their two brats. Paid me a ton of cash every time.

My kid has some of my work ethic but still feels entitled...
unfortunately.

I grew up the exact same way. I was cutting lawns and started my first paper route when I was 11 years old. Rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, no matter what, I was outside delivering papers even if that meant my hair having ice having ice hanging from it, in blizzards, etc.

Very few have that type of drive these days.

- Mark
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