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|    Aaron Thomas to August Abolins    |
|    Re: Early 90s Fido    |
|    04 Feb 21 00:38:34    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46       MSGID: 1:275/99 6068b62c       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ed160b18       TZUTC: -0500        AA> The very earliest versions were probably monochrome. But I         AA> don't remember any distinctive limitation in colour in the               RBBS boards disappeared fast in the later half of the 90s in my area. It would       be fun to log in to one now, with whatever updates they've had since I last       seen them. Does anyone run RBBS now?               AA> I think Call-waiting could be disabled for the duration of an         AA> outbound call that you initiated, but it couldn't be disabled if               Yes, by dialing *82 (or something like that) it would disable call-waiting on       the outbound calls, which was convenienet for file leeching sessions :)               AA> I think I ran into something similar with my phone service. I         AA> ended up cancelling call-waiting. It was more of a nuisance than               I don't like call-waiting on my voice line. I could be talking with somebody,       and the call-waiting tones muffle the person I'm trying to listen to. And       you're right - if it's important, they can try again later!               AA> I later opted for a distinctive-ring service which provided a         AA> separate phone number on the same phone line. I had a little box               That's high tech! I never knew about this. But really, it's bad to mix the       voice line with other stuff. People would NEVER pay attention to Hours of       Operation.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)        * Origin: CompuBBS | Ashburn VA | cfbbs.scinet-ftn.org (1:275/99)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 15/0 18/0 200 19/36 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 116/116 120/302 340 457 123/0 10 25 35 40 115 131 140 150       SEEN-BY: 123/160 170 180 190 257 755 124/5016 129/305 135/300 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 218/700 220/80 90 221/0 6 222/2       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 201 702 229/101 424 426 428 452 664 981 1016       SEEN-BY: 229/1017 230/150 152 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155       SEEN-BY: 275/0 89 91 93 95 98 99 100 101 201 301 280/464 5003 282/1031       SEEN-BY: 282/1056 288/100 291/100 111 292/854 299/6 300/4 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 2454/119 3634/0 12 15 24 27 50 5020/1042       PATH: 275/99 100 261/38 3634/12 154/10 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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