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   Message 621 of 1,458   
   Joe Delahaye to Roy Witt   
   Internet Rex   
   02 Oct 12 14:21:00   
   
     Re: Internet Rex   
     By: Roy Witt to Joe Delahaye on Tue Oct 02 2012 16:53:11   
      
    > That was frustrating to say the least. But, in retrospect, that was   
    > probably a good thing I didn't get it working, as the PC running WC was in   
    > my office at my shop. I probably would never have gotten any work done.   
    > 8^(   
      
   LOL   
      
      
    > Interestingly, host 202 wasn't the source of any echomail in that net. The   
    > entire group of net-nodes paid into a pool to buy a dedicated computer to   
    > run echomail. Dunno the source, but there were several hubs, all assigned   
    > 202/x00 numbers to distribute mail to their 202/909 like numbered nodes   
    > who were their downlinks. I recall having knock down drag out fights with   
    > 202/900 because his software was screwing up most of the time.   
    >   
      
   We had a local hub who called LD to get the mail, who then distributed it   
   here. Still same net, and Cost Sharing of course.  He eventually got a Planet   
   Connect system and did it all himself.    
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
    * Origin: The Lions Den BBS, Trenton, On, CDN (1:249/303)   

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