In a message of 27 Dec 96 James Collins wrote to me:

 JC>         Tell me about it! I bought a brand new Ariadne card recently,
 JC> and it cost the earth! But it does work well... Pity I always have to
 JC> Cold boot rather than warm though... And I really miss my
 JC> Bridgeboard....

I looked at that as an option - but thought it was too expensive. :(


 JC>         Excuse me for being nosey, but why for do you point off net 640
 JC> in Port Maquarie?

I don't mind you asking - it's no secret.

I'm in a Fido void here - there is about 200 k's of the coast not covered
by any net - so I'm free to go where I choose.

I was the first fido node in the area, and initially joined 622 -
Newcastle. Peter Deane, my uplink, went down, and I moved to 713. The
uplink there went down and I switched to 640, becasue I'd always had a
backup link with Barry Ryder at Paradise. Well, when his system went down,
I just moved upstram one and switched to Alwyn.

Lot less politics in 640 and nicer people.

I was going to join 711 at one stage but the NC wouldn't give me a node
numbeer just becasue I called him an arrogant prick - some people are just
too sensitive.

And I did all this on my obAmiga.

        // Cheers 
      \X/  Arthur

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