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   Daryl Stout to Sean Dennis   
   Re: Changes in echo rules   
   20 Feb 22 20:19:00   
   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   MSGID: 44.fidonet-classicc@1:2320/33 2678304e   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Win32 master/2d3b97333 Feb 15 2022 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/2d3b97333 Feb 15 2022 MSC 1929   
   BBSID: TBOLT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Sean,   
      
    SD> Sure thing and I don't know why this didn't occur to me earlier.  It   
    SD> really is amazing how many "old computers" are being revived by   
    SD> hobbyists these days.  Makes me wish I'd held onto all of my issues of   
    SD> "Family Computing" now.   
        
     My first computers were:   
      
   1) A Radio Shack TRS-80 MC-10 Micro Color Computer. A TV set (with a special   
   adapter) was the monitor, programs were loaded and saved via cassette tape,   
   an acoustic coupler modem was used for communication with CompuServe or   
   BBS's, and it had a small box like keyboard...with an optional 16K RAM   
   Expansion Pack (it originally only had 4K).   
      
   2) A Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100. I had a disk drive with it, and special   
   software to load/save files (it was faster than cassette). A special terminal   
   program allowed one to access CompuServe for the forums, with another one,   
   allowing Xmodem file transfers.   
      
   3) An 8088 XT, with 640K RAM, a monochrome green monitor, a 20 MB hard drive,   
   a keyboard, a mouse, plus a 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy drive, with DOS. 3.2 on   
   it. That was the birthplace of The Thunderbolt BBS nearly 30 years ago.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Upgrade: Remove old bugs, insert new ones.   
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