From: "John Oellrich" 

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Joe,

I did work with a guy who whistled to tell if a modem in the rack of = Bell
103 units was working. He would nail it every time. But he was also = very
good at the more modern stuff as well.=20

--=20
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net
  "Joe Barr"  wrote in message =
news:3dbfe071$1{at}w3.nls.net...


  Holy shit!  We've been assimilated by the Fight-o-net Anal Old Pharts =
Home Control Freaks
  Assocation! =20

  Please be nice to them.  These old geezers dream fondly of the days =
when
  they could whistle to their modems, toss mail in their sleep, and feel
  secure in their knowledge that no modem would ever surpass the =
blistering
  speed achieved by their 2400 bps Hayes.  There is no Internet, you =
know.=20
  It's all done by rogue Fidonet nodes.

  And please, please, please.  Don't say baud instead of bps.


  On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:23:00 +0000, MARTIN.ATKIN wrote:

  > -=3D> JOHN OELLRICH wrote to WARREN.HRACH <=3D-
  >=20
  > JO> From: "John Oellrich" 
  >=20
  > JO> Warren,
  >=20
  > JO> Geo. gave the technical answer but not the community answer. =
"We", on
  > JO> the whole, are a bunch of folks that got disenfranchised on =
CompuServe,
  > JO> specifically CIS:CANOPUS, when Will Zachmann and CIS parted =
ways. A
  > JO> number of alternatives sprung up, Delphi being one, but the =
semi-public
  > JO> newsgroup news.barkto.com seemed to hit a chord with most of us. =
Mainly
  > JO> because newsgroups offered us the off-line abilities that the
  > JO> CompuServe tools did. Plus Geo. is a most gracious host
  >=20
  > I think you will be happy here. This is nothing more than a Fido =
moderator
  > squabble. Just post as best you can and lets see if Ross will get =
his act
  > together and give use some firm guide lines. It's a Fido thing. :-}
  >=20
  > L8r. ;)
  >=20
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Joe,
 
I did work with a guy who whistled to tell if a modem in the rack =
of Bell=20
103 units was working. He would nail it every time. But he was also=20
very good at the more modern stuff as well. 
-- john
 
oellrich{at}earthlink.net">mailto:oellrich{at}earthlink.net">oellrich{at}earthlink.net

  "Joe Barr" <warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>">mailto:warthawg{at}austin.rr.com">warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:3dbfe071$1{at}w3.nls.net...Holy=20
  shit!  We've been assimilated by the Fight-o-net Anal Old Pharts =
Home=20
  Control FreaksAssocation!  Please
be nice to =
them. =20
  These old geezers dream fondly of the days whenthey could whistle =
to their=20
  modems, toss mail in their sleep, and feelsecure in their =
knowledge that=20
  no modem would ever surpass the blisteringspeed achieved by their =
2400 bps=20
  Hayes.  There is no Internet, you know. It's all done by =
rogue=20
  Fidonet nodes.And please, please, please. 
Don't say baud =
instead=20
  of bps.On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:23:00 +0000,
MARTIN.ATKIN=20
  wrote:> -=3D> JOHN OELLRICH wrote to
WARREN.HRACH =
<=3D->=20
  > JO> From: "John Oellrich" <oellrich{at}eclipse.net>>=">mailto:oellrich{at}eclipse.net">oellrich{at}eclipse.net>>=
=20
  > JO> Warren,>
> JO> Geo. gave the =
technical answer=20
  but not the community answer. "We", on>
JO> the whole, are a =
bunch=20
  of folks that got disenfranchised on CompuServe,> JO> =
specifically=20
  CIS:CANOPUS, when Will Zachmann and CIS parted ways. A>
JO> =
number=20
  of alternatives sprung up, Delphi being one, but the =
semi-public>=20
  JO> newsgroup news.barkto.com seemed to hit a chord with most of =
us.=20
  Mainly> JO> because newsgroups offered us the off-line =
abilities=20
  that the> JO> CompuServe tools did. Plus Geo. is a most =
gracious=20
  host> > I think you will be happy here.
This is nothing =
more=20
  than a Fido moderator> squabble. Just post as best you can and =
lets see=20
  if Ross will get his act> together and give use some firm guide =
lines.=20
  It's a Fido thing. :-}> > L8r.
;)> > ---=20
Based QWK:=20
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