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Re: For the fun of it
i am 51 years old....an apple iie ...the orig version fall 1983 via univ
sale....instead of the 2000 or so it went for complete..got it for like 1500
bucks...via univ....went down the hallway...saying how i got a 'deal' on
applewriter for the //e ..like 1/2 off or something with the bundle" and a
guy on the floor named Qazz (don guse) while walking the other way said in
passing "heck ..i could have given it to you for free" thus a lifetime
friendship and apple ii pirate was born..my first bbs was a "DUAL LINE" 2
phone line bbs running on 3 corvus 20mb setups 1 control //e and one corvus
and //e for each line called "the safehouse bbs" minneapolis, minnesota
...he had chat between the 2 phone lines (called it 'shout" ) and grabbed
news etc off compuserve.had time and temp module.... etc a huge pirate
bbs.....this was also in fall of 1983....
crap..that was my tech height...i've been playing catch up ever since..the
days when i really knew what i was doing with a computer
brad
former sysop lost gonzo bbs (also started fall 1983)
went till fall 2003....need to get it back up
"Bill Heckel" <wheckelny1@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hey gang,
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> Let's have some fun....
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> Post your current age and the first computer you ever used.
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