> traffic net last night, one noted that "32-bit applications are going the
 > way of 16-bit, and it's going to be all 64-bit". I still like having the
 > BBS with the legacy apps and programs...in case someone stumbles on an old
 > computer they can use, and is told that a BBS is "a safe internet
 > alternative". Of course, there are very few dial-up BBS's now, and most 
are
 > telnet/web. But, in several aspects, BBS's are a lot different from the
 > internet. 

I 100% agrtee with you! For those with a proper DOSModem & only DOS (no
Windows sgell connecting to the internet); BBSing is a grand alternative, &
avoids the spiders caching all our HDD content.  A friend here was doing the
same -- preparing for a breakdown of the internet, with a solid & safe DOS
BBS.  His BBS was next door community here, in Surrey, named Saviour BBS.

 >   A fellow ham radio operator I knew had found at a flea market, an
 > interesting item. It was a portable computer deal with a keyboard, mouse,
 > monitor, and only 2 floppy drives (one was 3.5" and the other 5.25"), but 
no
 > hard drive (this was when my BBS was still dial-up only). So, I created a
 > Windows 95 startup disk with just the command.com program...and the 
terminal
 > mode for a dial-up BBS utility on another disk. So, he'd power on the unit
 > with the command.com disk, then fire up the terminal program (GT Power
 > Terminal Only (GTO)), and hook up his modem, then dial-in to the BBS.

What klind of computer was it? Sounds like my former TRS-80 Model IV (no HDD
but could make a virtual RAMDisk using JCL(Job Control Language -- basically
batchfile programming); 'twas a fun toy; I ended up giving it to a home care
aide's daughter to use to type up her homework.

 >  GP> Be a good one for Callahan's one Punday Monday (ever read Spider
 >  GP> Robinson's "Callahan's" series; if you like puns & scifi it's an
 >  GP> amazing set of stories & a couple full length novels. . .

 >   Never heard of it. I did find 2 good websites, for taglines and puns
 > respectively.

 > https://www.taglinesgalore.com/index.html
 > https://www.punsgalore.com

Look up Callahans' sites for good puns.  Lots of fan-created options.

Google: Callahan's Spider Robinson

You'll enjoy the trek. . 

I get mosdt of my puns from Punstoppable (I google, e.g. "dog puns
punstoppable" for a list of matching puns)


 >   I never read Heinlein, but my late wife apparently had read his stuff.
 > His assessment of TANSTAFFL was so right...yet, so many refuse to accept
 > that.

Yup, There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, is a fair maxim to keep in
mind while journeying through life. . .


 >  > ... What do people in China call their good plates?

 >  GP> 餐盘

 >   You'll have to explain that one to me...that's how it showed up in my
 > QWK packet.

Was Chinese characters for "dinner plates"

I asked my Chinese friend what it was like living in China.
He said he can't complain.  [works for N.Korea, too]

Met a Chinese talking goose today, I asked him from what part of China he was
from.
Honk Kong

Just performed in my first comedy concert in China
The crowd was so impressed, they gave me a standing of asian

Your friend,

<+]:{)}
Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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