Hi Malcolm,


   Quoting: Malcolm Miles to Chip Hearn
 Date/Time: 11-Jun-04 / 19:49:50
   Subject: ZMH

 CH>> It is, if the original intention was to make all nodes be online
 CH>> at the same time to accept netmail.

 MM> No that was not the original intention. Zone Mail Hour is a block
 MM> of time that you can be sure a node is online and ready to answer
 MM> your call and not being occupied with BBS calls

Or the line was in use for voice-calls;-)

During ZMH the voice telephone was switched off and the modem (software in
"host mode") would answer calls.
Not every node could avoid multiple lines with different numbers;-)

ZMH also was used by nodes _without_ a BBS.
Those nodes just shared the same (only 1) number for voice and modem.
That is why ZMH was at times that no incoming voice calls were to be
expected.
On the other hand, if someone tried to make a voicecall with the sysop
during ZMH, he only got "music sound of the modem" :-)

Prime reason to use ZMH was the telephone-line normaly (daytime) in use for
voice. A BBS was second reason (not important, because BBS users have to
sleep too;-)

Best Regards,
      Herman Neut

 e-mail: h.neutnospam{at}hccnet.nl

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