In message <1072804982.2252.24.camel_at_linux.local>
Paul Berger <sanepsycho_at_globaldialog.com> wrote:
> Does anybody om this list have an idea what's happened with the EXEC-PC
> BBS?
The one that live{s/d} at
telnet://bbs.execpc.com ?
> It used to be reachable via telnet, but for the past month or so I have
> had no luck reaching it. I like going there from time to time to
> download drivers & information about old PC hardware that was not
> avaialable on the web.
~$ telnet bbs.execpc.com
Trying 169.207.1.70...
Connection timed out.
> So is it what was probably the biggest & best known BBS in the USA
> finally dead?
I'm not going to say "yes", but from my viewpoint it certainly looks that
way. If it has died then I'd suggest someone contacts ExecPC to assess the
prospects of buying the machine and the data stored on its hard drive(s). If
someone wants to resurrect ExecPC, I'd be happy to mirror the filebase on one
of my servers - I *know* there's a spare 8GB drive around here somewhere...
Personally, I'd like to know what happened to the guy who wrote the "ASPHYXIA
VGA Trainer" series. He went by the handle "Denthor" and usually signed each
message off as "Grant Smith". There were two BBSes that hosted the VGA
Trainer, IIRC - the Connectix BBS and the "ASPHYXIA BBS", both in .za IIRC.
I've got articles #1-#21, but not #22 :(
Unfortunately the long-distance charges to .za would be a little prohibitive
just to see if a BBS was still alive. If anyone's interested, there were two
phone numbers for the BBS - +27-31-765-5312 and +27-31-765-6293. Connectix
was +27-31-266-9992.
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
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Received on Wed Dec 31 2003 - 05:11:04 GMT