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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?   
      
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