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3581
TOSS A working 64? C'mon now.. If yer gonna get rid of it, sell it on EBay or something so someone else gets to love it and use it. Throwing them away is a...
The Shrink
theshrink908
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Mar 4, 2006
6:04 am
3582
Hey, just wanted to pass along that I was doing a bunch of digitization of my collection of vintage ads, brochures, catalogs, and the rest of the detrius of...
textfilesdotcom
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Mar 13, 2006
2:48 am
3583
Great...gunna have to go check 'em out! ACTION http://radio.theBUTT.net We're pulling music from the BBS era outta theBUTT!...
Tom Jackson
action_sysop
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Mar 16, 2006
12:33 am
3584
How do you pluralize BBS anyway? The easiest thing to do is lengthen it out to "Bulletin Board Systems," but how do you pluralize the acronym? BBSes? BBSs? ...
Quag7
jcentury
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Mar 16, 2006
2:44 am
3585
Ah, you have just hit on one of the most transgressed mistakes in pluralization that there is. How to pluralize an acronym. You are absolutely right that...
Bruce Waldie
waldieb2
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Mar 16, 2006
5:34 am
3586
... From: Quag7 <coldfront@...> BBSes? <-- I use this one. BBSs? BBS's <- just horribly wrong. (unless you're talking about something owned by...
kfriberg@...
valkyrie517
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Mar 16, 2006
5:34 am
3587
Just found this....which does mention the BBS's version as being correct, but best is to use BBSs. At any rate check this out: ...
Tom Jackson
action_sysop
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Mar 16, 2006
6:26 am
3588
I always type the plural of a BBS as BBS' ACTION http://radio.theBUTT.net We're pulling music from the BBS era outta theBUTT!...
Tom Jackson
action_sysop
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Mar 16, 2006
6:27 am
3589
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation # Plurals are often formed by doubling up the last letter of the abbreviation. Most of these deal with writing and ...
Bruce Landwaster
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Mar 16, 2006
4:40 pm
3590
... Just found this....which does mention the BBS's version as being correct, but best is to use BBSs. At any rate check this out: ...
Quag7
jcentury
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Mar 16, 2006
5:17 pm
3591
That picture is truly sad.. a whole wasted quote... *sigh* ... From: Quag7 To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: RE:...
The Shrink
theshrink908
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Mar 16, 2006
8:37 pm
3592
In a message dated 15 Mar 06 23:35:01 Central Standard Time, waldieb@... writes: Ah, you have just hit on one of the most transgressed mistakes in ...
ChuckTho@...
chucktho99
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Mar 16, 2006
9:01 pm
3593
I still stand by my claim that because the last letter is an S, it is correct to add "es" to pluralize BBS. But, I am also with Bruce Landwaster when he says:...
Bruce Waldie
waldieb2
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Mar 17, 2006
12:09 am
3594
Just to throw another wrench into the works, shouldn't "80sBBS" be "80'sBBS"? After all, years are one of the few things that ARE pluralized with an...
Bruce Waldie
waldieb2
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Mar 17, 2006
12:09 am
3595
In a message dated 16 Mar 06 18:10:03 Central Standard Time, waldieb@... writes: I still stand by my claim that because the last letter is an S, it is...
ChuckTho@...
chucktho99
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Mar 17, 2006
12:20 am
3596
... More like 80\'sBBS Which would look ridiculous. More to the point: '80'sBBS to be kind to the mailing software... \'80\'sBBS ... Yes, and this has been a...
Quag7
jcentury
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Mar 17, 2006
12:21 am
3597
Former sys0p of diabolica bbs [909] checking in. Ran 4 lines back in the day. Art, txt, apps, hpavc, etc... 600+ users, 22 networks, 43 states, 7 countries...
sperrin@...
londonsmom909
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Mar 17, 2006
7:39 pm
3598
Must be viewed in terminal font w/o word wrap! <G> enjoy _ __ ______ _____________________ ______ ________________ _____ _________ ____\\___ \ ______...
sperrin@...
londonsmom909
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Mar 18, 2006
2:26 am
3599
okay, put me in for BBS. thats it period end of comment. <G> Nevarre...
Nevarre
londonsmom909
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Mar 18, 2006
2:26 am
3600
hiya sperrin@... wrote: Former sys0p of diabolica bbs [909] checking in. Ran 4 lines back in the day. Art, txt, apps, hpavc, etc... 600+ users, 22...
Cybernetic Samurai
evildon666
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Mar 18, 2006
2:26 am
3601
Hello all, My only involvement in BBS's was annoying my older sister, who ran a BBS back sometime in the late 80's. I was to young back then to really...
Omega Supreme
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Mar 19, 2006
10:44 pm
3602
telnet : look at a program like Com/IP (last I looked that was the best way under windows) posting ASCII : change your font to courier, or another fixed pitch...
MOD
lmodllmodl
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Mar 19, 2006
10:45 pm
3603
... So, how did you annoy your sister? Welcome aboard!...
Mark Firestone
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Mar 20, 2006
1:42 pm
3604
Thanks, Well, mostly I remember taking her printer stand a lot because at the time I thought it looked like part of a spaceship. >_> <_< But also I would...
Omega Supreme
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Mar 21, 2006
6:49 am
3605
... best way ... font. (I ... IT people ... data ... the whole com/ip thing is a nightmare....I gave up on that route. However, I did recently check out...
Sabrina Perrin
londonsmom909
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Mar 22, 2006
3:15 pm
3606
... The web interface and the nntp features are nice, but many of the features do not work out of the box and customization is a complete nightmare. it lacks...
Bruce Landwaster
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Mar 22, 2006
6:55 pm
3607
I was browsing through some of the files in my bbs directory and came across these 2 newuser files I wrote for the board. The first one is a copy of the new...
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londonsmom909
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Mar 29, 2006
5:49 am
3608
... Reading these was amusing. I realize that I've become so jaded that if I had to write guidelines like this now, I'd just cut to the chase. Something like:...
Quag7
jcentury
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Mar 29, 2006
8:13 am
3609
Over the time, reading all these post in the forum. Remembering what good times I had being a sysop, Running my Wildcat bbs 2 Node system. Playing the door...
TJ Visicaro
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Mar 29, 2006
5:32 pm
3610
... From: "TJ Visicaro" <tjjr615@...> To: <80sBBS@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:55 AM Subject: [80sBBS] Where are they? ... the ......
Rob Starr
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