Hello, Mark.

Thursday February 24 2011 at 15:48, you wrote to me:

 MH> That was a very interesting story.  I was just going to mention that I
 MH> saw one of your old posts on my BBS - which happened to be from 2002
 MH> in the Sysop's Tech Net.  I was also a member of that network at one
 MH> time!  Small world!  It is almost creepy that I have posts that still
 MH> exist on my BBS from so long ago.  I actually have posts dating back
 MH> to 1992 in some message areas (which is before my oldest daughter was
 MH> born).

Here's a kicker for you: Kevin Nunn, a co-founder of STN, did have his BBS
up for a while.  Both Vincent and Kevin are connected to me in Facebook and
we all still keep up with each other.  While they have moved on to other
interests, I still keep the homefires burnin' with the BBS.

 MH> My first computer was a Commodore Vic-20 (which I won by entering a
 MH> Mother's Day contest).  I had no interest in computers until I won
 MH> that system.  Then I was hooked.

My first computer of my own was a brand-new, out of the box TRS-80 Color
Computer 2 (which was stolen).  I'll never forget it and how much I so
dearly loved that computer!  I think once I start working again, I am going
to try to find one and give it a good home.  I have my mother-in-law's C64,
in perfect condition, sitting in a closet too.  I love the C64.  You can do
so many things with it even to this day.

 MH> 4.24a.  BBS systems, computers, etc, helped develop my skills that I
 MH> would later turn into my career in technology.

Same here and I have met many an ex-sysop or ex-user who are shocked that
BBSing is still alive and well (even more shocked that Fidonet is still
alive and well too!).

Later,
Sean

... The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. - Carnegie
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