Ed Vance wrote to Supa_Scoopa Subject: Re: BBS over Ham Radio   
      
    EV> In the late 1970's there were some Hams in the Louisville,   
    EV> Kentucky & Southern Indiana area who operated AFSK BAUDOT and ASCII   
    EV> Radioteletype BBS's on Two Meters using their Apple ][ and Atari   
    EV> PC's.   
      
   I ran a 20 meter mailbox system for many years after I got into ham radio in   
   1979.  I started in the 80's some time using the HAL DSR-3100, (Later the HAL   
   DSK-3100 when they added a discs drive.  I was called an MSO, which stood for   
   Message Storage Option.  It was a store and forward system.  I was on 20   
   meters about 14.0875 If I remember correctly.  You would get on with your   
   RTTY System and type MSOAPI.  My system would come one, welcome you, and you   
   could read and store messages.  Sort of like a simple Packet BBS.  There were   
   a number of us on frequency, so you could leave a message on my machine for   
   a friend who you did not have propagation to, he could check in read the   
   mesages and leave you a reply.  You could write and erase your messges.  I also   
   put the ARRL Bulletins in and other messages of interest that you could read   
   but only I could erase.  It was a great group of guys and we had other MSOs on   
   from SD, IL, FL, Guatamala and even a few in Europe.  the HAL Corporation was   
   and still is located in Urbana, IL.  HAL was also the name of the computer   
   in 2001 Space Oddesy butild in, yes, Urban, IL,  Vut Bill Henry akkways   
   ckauned that his company pre date the 1868 movie by 19 years.  Not sure if   
   Bill sill owns HAL,  Bill is also a ham radio op, (I forgot his call).   
      
   Fun times back then RTTY was and stll it my favorite digital mode.   
      
   -73-   
      
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