Very cool. Thanks for the info. I remember using this BBS back in the early
'80s. Whew, I'm getting OLD.
Lyle
On Monday 12 January 2004 19:05, Paul Berger wrote:
> Looks like the old girl is back up!! :)
>
> :~> telnet bbs.execpc.com
>
> Trying 169.207.51.4...
> Connected to bbs.execpc.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> Linux 2.0.31 (bbs) (ttyp0)
>
>
> Welcome to ExecPC BBS
> connected
>
> Exec-PC BBS (NODE# 402, CONNECT 57600)
>
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> 2001.
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>
> Can you display ANSI Color Graphics? (y/N) -> N
>
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> 8,N,1 <<???
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> On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:28, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Paul Berger wrote:
> > > He converted it from a system pretty much as you describe at it's peak
> > > it consited of 5 novell severs with a total of 40+ hard drives and over
> > > 100 PCs (bare motherboards actually) networked together in racks made
> > > ot of plywood with slots cut in them to slide the motherboards into.
> > > It was an interesting artitechture and the main reason it was as
> > > scaleable as it was.
> >
> > Wow! That's really cool. Did they ever document it, like with pictures
> > and stuff? That deserves preservation in some computer history archive.
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Received on Mon Jan 12 2004 - 22:46:00 GMT