Hello Carol!

Saturday November 11 2017 09:12, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

I assume here you had a reasonably easy time to access the outside world, but 
still remember communicating with Gordon Eubanks of Digital Research and DRI
over issues on CBasic or CPM/MPM.

He was working for the Navy on Submarines can't remember the type though.

It was a fairly quick turn round (7 - 14 days) for msgs despite the sub not
coming to the surface over often.

I assume these days he is retired but there again ....


Vince



 >   Re: Re: Status of nominations
 >   By: Ward Dossche to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu Nov 09 2017 07:19 am

 CS>>> Some of this goes back 17 years now so no real details recalled
 CS>>> on any actual netmails other than a few lively ones from Barry
 CS>>> (Z3 and predated me in Z6 as a substantial feed site there).

 WD>> I remember it very well.

 WD>> It was amazing we could reach you shipboard those days ...
 WD>> perhaps today it is different. Last Saturday I was Fidonetting on
 WD>> a train ... who
 > would
 WD>> have believed that 17 years ago...

 > Yes, times have changed and today you'd not be amazed to see that.
 > Back then though, it really did confuse folks.  ZC's took it in stride
 > but some others got actually miffed that I was using non-standard ways
 > when at sea to handle things, including ZONEDIFFs.  I had no way to
 > automate them weekly unless I made no changes at sea and at sea I had
 > no 'file attach capability' so went low-tech and made segment changes
 > at need then had Janis send them up.  Strange yes, but it meant it
 > didnt matter if I was at sea or not, changes were not delayed over it.
 > I recall distinctly being at sea when Z6 said yes, standardize the
 > phone if ION to the static (no deviation) 0 set.  We had too many
 > close ties to Z3 to even think of not giving them something they could
 > use as a known, undeviated block.  Perfect?  No.  Heck of a lot closer
 > than a hodge podge though.

 > Anyways, back to the topic of this place since that sort of thing isnt
 > and never will be a 'standard'.  It's more of a one-off bit of our
 > Fido history one wouldn't expect but really happened.

 >  xxcarol



Vince

--- Mageia Linux v5.1/Mbse v1.0.7.4/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715