-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 06-28-16  12:05 <=-

 >> I can get to Doc's bbs via the web.. I expect Michael is using telnet
 >> though? I can try that as well...
 > Michael's using the web at the moment, as he's been mostly on the
 > road... and without access to telnet.  I, OTOH, am using telnet without
 > any issues at all at Doc's....  When you tried it via the web, which
 > browser were you using...?
 JK> Firefox..

That's the one Michael says he's using... which version did you use...? 
He said he's using 40.0 (maybe that's the difference?)...

 JK> Chromium (Linux version of Chrome) stopped working for a number of
 JK> sites in the last two days.. happens often just before an "upgrade" :)

But of course... one has to see the need for the upgrade, no doubt... 

 >>> Yes, please do...  I don't think that I'd be able to deal with it as a
 >>> mailing list, given the situation as it is.... And we do still have
 >>> options as long as Fidonet is still functional, and there are still
 >>> other bbses available...
 >> As I mentioned to a sysop from Z4 recently, I'll be here til they turn
 >> out the lights (he'd said the same thing essentially )
 > There are others who've said the same thing...  Some of them are still
 > with us...  ;)

 JK> Yes :)

And a very good thing that is..  :)
 
 > Of course, some have left not just the bbs scene but
 > this world as well... ;0

 JK> it is so sad when that happens :(  I can never get used to it when
 JK> it happens. 

I have to keep reminding myself that Mike and the Holodeck aren't ever
going to be back... just isn't the same without him... 

 >> Hope he can work that out.  Allen's a neat guy, we used to be in the
 >> same net when I lived in Louisville. We met at a net barbeque and
 >> feasted for quite a while :)
 > Nice way to bring it more on-topic (not that connection isn't totally
 > on-topic for the moment, of course)...  ;)

 JK> :)
 JK> He's a great fellow.. :)

At one point, he was one of my backup bbses, before everything crashed
for him...

ttyl       neb

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