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|    George Pope to Mike Powell    |
|    Marines    |
|    06 Jun 22 22:56:02    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.0 bd30abba       REPLY: 26017.memoryln@1:2320/105 27040fd0       TZUTC: -0700       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       >> Wow. I think I've only heard of the Alligator, made by the Union -- why       > subm       >> ines, anyway, wasn't the Civil War pretty much all a land-based war?       > Mostly, yes, but there were some naval skirmishes, probably related to the       > union blockade of southern ports. IIRC, the CSA sub was used against a       > union ship blockading the port of Charleston, SC.       >> Makes Sense -- only the successful ones would be remembered by history. . .       >> "You made a toy. It broke. . naghh, we won't be prioritizing that one into       > th       >> history books.. ."       > I think it was a success in its initial mission. The goal was to quietly       > approach a ship, ram a harpoon-like rod with a bomb attached into the hull       > under the water level so that when it detonates, the ship takes on water       > and sinks.       > IIRC, he completed the first and last step... he was either too close       > during the last part of the second step (the detonation) or had some other       > mishap before he made it back to shore.       > Either way, it took on water and sank. I think it was named the Hundley,       > after its creator.              Our dear moderator says the same, so sounds pretty definite.              >> How do I telnet into yours? Special port?       > You seemed to have found Moe's, on port 27. The system I am posting from       > runs on the standard port at the address in the origin line below. Moe's       > is the one with all the classic DOS doors, like LORD, Yankee Trader, etc.       > On this system, they have either been ported to linux or are new doors       > written specifically for linux machines.              Your origin line is:       -+- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux        + Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)              So do I telnet to SSH:2022 ?       or to capitolcityonlne.net port 2022?              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 19/38 50 90/1 105/81 106/201 633 987 120/340 123/131       SEEN-BY: 124/5014 5016 129/305 330 331 130/330 153/7715 218/700 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452       SEEN-BY: 229/470 664 700 266/512 280/464 282/1038 292/854 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 387/25 26 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 153/757 280/464 396/45 229/426           |
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