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   Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:32:41 -0800   
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   h4H[Uhc8QPWg3AEYULWEj9T@JbUUc8GQReVFVE?:ADj You wouldn't think I'd been posting to usenet since the late 90's   
   > would you?   
      
   I didn't start by posting things to usenet.  I started reading and   
   posting things to the GEnie RoundTables with my Atari ST GUI Flash   
   telecom app and some Flash scripts to automate it.  Also some local   
   dialup BBs.  Mid 80's.   
      
   We had a lot of religious wars about OSes back in those days, because   
   GUI 16/32 bit Atarians [Motorola 68000, TOS in ROM] thought everyone   
   else's OS and user interface was either primitive or bloated.   
      
   Don't ask me about Atari 8 bit machines and games; I never used my ST   
   computers for games and all of my monitors were hirez mono not lorez   
   color.  I also used 2 networked Atari STs via the midi ports in 1985.   
      
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   Mike Easter   
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