The C64 manual was excellent. In my archives I still have original C64 owners manual and the programmers reference, as well as the C128 equivelants.. 65XX...
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Quag7
jcentury
Jan 4, 2007 12:27 am
About 6 months ago I took a tour of approximately 40 modern BBSes. I had a nice HTML article I was writing up but then I didn't really know where to publish...
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Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Jan 4, 2007 12:34 am
I disagree. The original c64 manual was a POS. I just looked at it again just to make sure it wasnt just me, and no, it is crap. The chapters on graphics and...
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Quag7
jcentury
Jan 4, 2007 1:52 am
... I wasn't; it got me started. Actually, what I learned from that, and then on my own from looking at other code, got me through every programming ...
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K. Brian Kelley
arakakisudaki
Jan 4, 2007 3:59 am
My thoughts are that we'll never really be able to recapture that age, just like we'll never be able to capture the days when web sites were primarily...
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devlshone2003
Jan 4, 2007 2:12 pm
A brief note, as compared to that very large soliloquy about the state of BBS' and how they can be resurrected: I noticed a small blurb on the bottom of that...
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Chas
corvair_tw
Jan 4, 2007 2:51 pm
Are you speaking of Trade Wars??...
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Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Jan 4, 2007 10:46 pm
No, he is speaking of drug wars. I remember it. I know lots of ppl loved it, but I wasnt a fan. I spend alot of time in 87 on a p-v-p D&D type door for c-net...
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devlshone2003
Jan 4, 2007 10:58 pm
Yes to both... Trade Wars was the original code that I modified to create Drug Wars. Amazing how things like this stay with us... I still write custom modules...
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Macross Actual
macross@...
Jan 4, 2007 11:21 pm
Cnet Pro V5.10 was officially released December 31st. http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3556 Talk about nostalgia. I'm re-assembling my...
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T. B.
krell1215
Jan 9, 2007 2:26 am
Wow! There's a lot of interesting things in this rant (for want of a better word) and most of them I agree with. In my area, the peak of the BBS era was about ...
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Tom Jackson
action_sysop
Jan 12, 2007 2:12 am
Ah heck.....BBSing today, as much as it ever was, is a hobby. If it has no value to the SysOp it has no value at all, much like collecting old stamps. Value...
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textfilesdotcom
Jan 24, 2007 8:09 pm
Before I spend a little time chit-chatting about Quag's excellent post, let me drop some information with regards to the sidetracking "Drug Wars" posts that...
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textfilesdotcom
Jan 24, 2007 10:26 pm
First, I must say how surprised I am that a full 23 days after such a thoughtful, insightful, community-engaging and intelligent post by Quag7, only a handful...
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James Oviyach
joviyach
Jan 25, 2007 5:15 am
I miss the days of BBSing. I did most of my BBSing when I was still using a Commodore 64. I called all of the Color 64 BBSes that I could afford to call in my...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Jan 25, 2007 5:16 am
... Way to act like a condescending ass. Let's try to keep things in perspective here: this is 80sBBS. The name alone should give you an idea of the...
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Quag7
jcentury
Jan 25, 2007 5:34 am
... "Jason, you ignorant slut..." ... More later when I get over being served....
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Quag7
jcentury
Jan 25, 2007 6:38 am
... Thank you. I don't know about all that but it certainly was...long. ... This, to me, draws people a little farther away from who they are in real life....
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Tom Jackson
action_sysop
Jan 25, 2007 4:43 pm
Jeeze....I have to agree with DA, on his take on Jason's reply to Q7's initial post. This story gets hashed out all the time in a retro list. I have had a...
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Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Jan 26, 2007 4:27 am
The problem is that the post was just way too long :) ... href="http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000297.html";>weblog</a> ... ...
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Jan 28, 2007 4:06 am
... There's a few boards out there with a fair amount of activity... The Pharcyde - telnet://pharcyde.ath.cx/ This board has a few fairly active local message...
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Jan 28, 2007 4:26 am
... I notice you've logged onto my board, noticing you are in arizona as well. I would love to pour more time into my board, part of it is just plain being too...
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a j
treetopking
Jan 28, 2007 6:09 am
OK -- these messages are getting way too long. This seems to be the problem of the Internet, everyone thinks what they have to say is worth reading. When I...
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Cybernetic Samurai
evildon666
Jan 28, 2007 10:33 am
Yes...and it was a way for a small more devoted group of individuals could connect... We even managed to have a "local bbs bowling night"and a semi-annual...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Jan 28, 2007 10:35 am
... This is not a chat room. This is a mailing list. ... No, the real problem is people who think the Internet should exist solely for socialization, and that...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Jan 28, 2007 10:41 am
... No there aren't. ... ZeroNet hasn't seen any significant activity in months. There's, what, about 10 people posting? In fact, last time I checked, I'm...
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a j
treetopking
Jan 28, 2007 6:53 pm
- This is not a chat room. This is a mailing list. Think outside the box . How many people are willing to sit and read message after message that take 25...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Jan 29, 2007 12:33 am
... If you're not willing to read a message that's more than 10 lines in length, what are you doing here? ... ...and that's all you ever talked about? Not...
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Quag7
jcentury
Jan 29, 2007 12:52 am
... I admit in hindsight that a list dedicated to a faded out, played out scene probably wasn't optimal for this but it certainly beats, "So how bout that ...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Jan 29, 2007 2:29 am
... TOTSE was in your LATA? Hey, what did you go by then? Remember when Jeff put in that silly maze built up of menus in remote access? I don't think he ever...
