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   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Win32 master/0e9549266 Sep 07 2025 MSC 1942   
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   Ed,   
      
    EV> Daryl, Your Tagline included DOS amoung the list of plagues   
    EV> Maybe MS-DOS but not IBM-DOS.   
      
     Details, details, details.    
      
    EV> On my 486 desktop with MS-DOS 5.0 I later added IBM-DOS 7 to it   
    EV> after finding a IBM-DOS 7 CD at a thrift store.   
      
     I had a fellow ham radio operator on my BBS years ago (when it was   
   still on dial-up. At a "flea market", he found a most unusual system,   
   with the following:   
      
   1) A 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy drive   
   2) A monochrome amber monitor (with complimentary burn-in ).   
   3) A keyboard and a mouse   
      
     What was missing?? A hard drive, and an operating system!!   
      
     So, I created a 3.5" floppy disk with the COMMAND.COM from   
   Windows 95, and we booted up on A: (3.5") drive. Then, on the    
   B: (5.25") drive, I had the minimal setup of GTO -- GT Power,   
   Terminal Only. At the time, it was on dial-up only. But, he was   
   able to logon to my BBS, and play the games...from a computer   
   that didn't have a hard drive or an OS!!   
      
    EV> I have always wondered if I got caught and committed if the   
    EV> place would allow me to have my Kenwood TS-520S in my room.   
      
     Don't give these folks ideas!!    
      
    EV> I have a Husler Mobile antenna bottom section with upper   
    EV> portions for 75M through 10M.   
      
     I went to the link on that HOA petition, entered my callsign,   
   and clicked SEND, once the data was populated.   
      
    EV> If the institution didn't want to hear my squeaky voice I would   
    EV> bring Headsets and a J-38 Key.   
      
     That'd work...let the computer or keyer do all the work.   
      
    EV> At least that's the plan I have in my mind   
    EV> /Portable# should work O.K. unless I was transmitting on the   
    EV> 15M band.    
      
     It depends on the propagation conditions. I'm hoping they will   
   get better in the winter.   
      
   73,   
      
   Daryl, N5VLZ   
      
   ... I got angry at an Italian chef, gave him a pizza my mind.   
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