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   Hello Bo Holt!   
      
    BH> ..I have a pretty decent retro collection and could kick   
    BH> myself at the stuff I threw away over the years that we   
    BH> considered "junk" back then.  My first PC (after the CoCo   
    BH> 2) was an Amstrad PC1512 (8086), and I went straight from   
    BH> there to an 80486, the first computer I learned how to   
    BH> build.   
      
   I still have bits and pieces of various ancient boxes, all     
   partially dismantled for one reason or another.  Cords,     
   connectors, hdds, ram modules, and keyboards.  I don't recall     
   the exact progression of pc models that I went through.   
      
      
    BH> I need to look into the FidoNet business.  It would be   
    BH> cool to see if I could reclaim my old node and setup a   
    BH> mailer.   
      
   I believe the reclaim is doable. It has been maintained that     
   nodenumbers nolonger in existence would not be relaimed by     
   other than the original sysop.   
      
      
    BH> I still have a landline, and even though it's   
    BH> VoIP, I can sustain connections at 9600 reliably. I'd love   
    BH> to hear the computers calling each other again and   
    BH> exchanging mail once a day or so.   
      
   Yeah.. but the results would be s-l-o-w.  It might get old     
   fast!     
      
   Also, I heard that analog over VoIP can be finicky wrt to some     
   other characteristic, not just the bps rate. I tried utilizing     
   a Netgear (with a SIM to connect cellular, and supports     
   physical phones to its RJ11 conectors) but my POS (point of     
   sale) device did not cooperate as a backup connection over     
   dialup.   
      
      
    BH> I wish I still had all my old BBS backups, but I probably   
    BH> through them all out when I turned 16 :(   
      
   That's pretty young to already have started throwing stuff out.     
   I was probably 15 yrs into my pc/parts accumulation before I     
   started tossing anything out. The first things I tossed out     
   were the CRT monitors since they seemed to occupy the most     
   space.   
      
   I handed off several routers and over 8 different modems to a     
   friend who said that they are too good to just throw away. I'm     
   convinced he's just a hoarder, but at least they have another     
   "good" home to sit in and the possibility to be utilized - or     
   not - but at least they are out of my space because I know     
   absolutely sure that I would never revisit them.   
      
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