22 May 06 20:03, Janis Kracht wrote to Roy Witt:

 JK> Hi Roy,


 >>> Yep.. His company took off right away from what I remember...what's
 >>> funny to me is we discovered he worked closely with a company that
 >>> we'd dealt with way way back before the internet became so free and
 >>> easy .. back then, you could only send an ISP a list
of files or
 >>> info you wanted (and it wasn't cheap) and then the next day or
 >>> whatever you could download the stuff.. and if you tried to
"access"
 >>> some systems during BUSINESS hours and tied things up you'd might be
 >>> blacklisted. It was a whole different world then..

 >> Slightly before I got access to the internet...I remember seeing files
 >> from your system made available on my first excursion on the internet.
 >> I was looking for anything related to ham radio. Yours had the most
 >> available then.

 JK> Yes, thanks to Lee Laird's dedication to rounding up those authors
 JK> and files for his HamFDN.. After things started slowing down, Lee
 JK> tried to continue via email, then ftp, etc., but his family needed
 JK> him more 

I remember him, vaguely.

 JK> Once in a while I get a windows ham file in from authors, not to
 JK> often though
 JK> :(  And not knowing the first thing about Ham radio, I'd be hesitant
 JK> to start looking for files..

You could get advice from some of the HAMs still left in Fidonet. Thom
LaCosta has a pretty good handle on what's going on in the HAM community.
My HAM activity is kind of dormant since the move to Texas. The radios are
on, but I'm not listening.


Roy
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