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The Spectarded Thread: Pre-Email Edition
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2015-09-05 at 6:32 PM UTC
Nobody was really interested in FidoNET, more nodes or not. NirvanaNET was a different story, because it was an underground, fringe-discussion, anarchist-style board, and people were drawn to that. FidoNET had shit on NirvanaNET.
Your move, Draco.
Do you also understand that email (SMTP/POP) was one of the two protocols responsible for data distribution on any and all Dialup BBS systems. The other one being FTP.[FONT=Times New Roman]BBSs were originally stand-alone communities, but as their popularity spread, BBS operators began to seek ways of sharing email BBSs were originally stand-alone communities, but as their popularity spread, BBS operators began to seek ways of sharing email and discussion groups between systems. While several proprietary sharing methods sprung up, FidoNet emerged as the most popular, global file, email, and news sharing network. At its peak, it had around 30,000 constituent systems partcipating.and discussion groups between systems. While several proprietary sharing methods sprung up, FidoNet emerged as the most popular, global file, email, and news sharing network. At its peak, it had around 30,000 constituent systems partcipating.[/FONT]
Source: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/15-849/st...d_forward.html
What part of the following math don't you understand? 30,000 › 20,000 › 100? -
2015-09-05 at 6:46 PM UTC
I don't know what you people are talking about, else I would make fun of spectral too
Neither does SpectraL so feel free to jump on in. -
2015-09-05 at 7:38 PM UTC
Do you also understand that email (SMTP/POP) was one of the two protocols responsible for data distribution on any and all Dialup BBS systems. The other one being FTP.
quality over quantity
Source: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/15-849/st...d_forward.html
What part of the following math don't you understand? 30,000 › 20,000 › 100? -
2015-09-05 at 7:50 PM UTC
Do you also understand that email (SMTP/POP) was one of the two protocols responsible for data distribution on any and all Dialup BBS systems. The other one being FTP.
[FONT=Times New Roman]"BBSs were originally stand-alone communities…"[/FONT]
​Learn to read your own quotes, jackass. -
2015-09-05 at 8 PM UTC[FONT=verdana]your temple shoots off at the mouth and you do nothing to stop it
you fill your boots with the soot of burned demons and don't even care
the plants grow downward where you're from, and you like it
all the holes are filled with semen, because of you[/FONT]
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2015-09-05 at 8:18 PM UTC
[FONT=Times New Roman]"BBSs were originally stand-alone communities…"[/FONT] ​Learn to read your own quotes, jackass.
You're really that desperate? Why don't you expound upon how that one statement completely devoid of context supports your position that email was not widely in use before &TT. The overwhelming amount of real data I have referenced supports the opposite of your misguided opinion based on your own limited experiences. Really Faggert, your childish refusal to admit when you're wrong is the main reason so many have scoffed at you for so long. But come on, we're all waiting for your brilliant explanation so the floor is all yours. -
2015-09-06 at 12:24 AM UTC-Spectral says something in his opinion -Darth beaver spams facts -spectral says his opinion casually -facts -opinion. Tldr
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2015-09-06 at 12:46 AM UTC
-Spectral says something in his opinion -Darth beaver spams facts -spectral says his opinion casually -facts -opinion. Tldr
This pretty much sums up every argument SpectraL has ever been in. -
2015-09-06 at 1:32 PM UTC
I was there in the thick of it all… … You weren't there…
Specky boy, I was using compuserve on a TRS 80 COCO II with a 900 baud acoustic modem in 1983 before there were any dialup BBS systems. And guess what, we had email Skippy. -
2015-09-06 at 3:10 PM UTCAs far as BBS e-mail was concerned, it only came along way later. Most early BBS sites, such as Totse, never had it until we switched everything over to to the WWW. History can't be rewritten, no matter how much foot stamping takes place. Sorry.
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2015-09-06 at 3:30 PM UTCStop acting like you know anything about anything that has to do with computers you outdated, paint eating mouth breather. Stand a little closer to the razor next time you shave fagtroll.
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2015-09-06 at 5:54 PM UTC
As far as BBS e-mail was concerned, it only came along way later. Most early BBS sites, such as Totse, never had it until we switched everything over to to the WWW. History can't be rewritten, no matter how much foot stamping takes place. Sorry.
I have posted overwhelming evidence to the contrary and you have yet to provide even one source. Your position doesn't have a leg to stand on until you back it up with something other than your misinformed opinion. At this point there can be no more debate as I am clearly correct. -
2015-09-07 at 2:11 AM UTC
…I am clearly correct.
Actually, you are clearly dead wrong, little fella. There are no pre-WWW Totse e-mails. They don't exist. None of the other popular BBS sites, like Ratsnatcher's site, had any e-mail either.
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2015-09-07 at 2:25 AM UTC
Actually, you are clearly dead wrong, little fella. There are no pre-WWW Totse e-mails. They don't exist. None of the other popular BBS sites, like Ratsnatcher's site, had any e-mail either.
They existed whether you knew about them or not much like the syphilis that is clearly rotting your brain. Hack me or kill yourself. -
2015-09-07 at 3:58 AM UTCThis thread gave me polio
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2015-09-07 at 6:22 PM UTCIt's very amusing to hear people like TheDarkRodent boasting about how knowledgeable they are about the pre-WWW era, when they weren't even there, and probably didn't even know what a computer was in 1989. I'll bet you a dozen chocolate donuts to a bag of live hand grenades with the pins already pulled they don't even know how you connected to Totse, don't even know what Totse looked like in those early years, don't even know how to configure a dial-up modem. Hahaha.. truly pathetic.
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2015-09-07 at 6:39 PM UTC
It's very amusing to hear people like TheDarkRodent boasting about how knowledgeable they are about the pre-WWW era, when they weren't even there, and probably didn't even know what a computer was in 1989. I'll bet you a dozen chocolate donuts to a bag of live hand grenades with the pins already pulled they don't even know how you connected to Totse, don't even know what Totse looked like in those early years, don't even know how to configure a dial-up modem. Hahaha.. truly pathetic.
Does it make feel better to say things you have no way of knowing? I was installing and configuring modems before there was a Totse. Your problem is Totse was your first network experience and you have no clue what was or wasn't around before that, like email for example. Everyone here knows how full of bullshit you are and nobody believes a word you type.
So please feel free to take your ineffective shots at me Specky boy. It pleases me to witness you play the fool and dance to the tune I play. -
2015-09-07 at 6:48 PM UTC
… I was installing and configuring modems before there was a Totse….
Suuure you were, you fucking total poser. I believe you.
Tell me, Mr. Knowledgeable, what's the first thing you had to do after connecting a SCSI drive, which is pretty well the universal type of drive in those days? You should be able to answer this question in a matter of seconds, if you were really there, but of course, you weren't there, so all you can do is Google it and report back in 20 minutes.
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2015-09-07 at 10:41 PM UTC*crickets*
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2015-09-08 at 2:07 AM UTC
Suuure you were, you fucking total poser. I believe you. Tell me, Mr. Knowledgeable, what's the first thing you had to do after connecting a SCSI drive, which is pretty well the universal type of drive in those days? You should be able to answer this question in a matter of seconds, if you were really there, but of course, you weren't there, so all you can do is Google it and report back in 20 minutes. p.s truly pathetic, you are, Rodent
I don't sit at a desk all day and all night waiting for an opportunity to finally best you as I do it by instinct and a superior knowledge base and it's really an effortless endeavor on my part. I've been socializing with my peers most of the evening with no thought of you whatsoever in my thought process. But now that I'm winding down and looking for the last bit of mild entertainment at day's end in a day filled with real world social interaction I will smack you about a bit for the communities amusement. The Small Computer Systems Interface platform was preferred by enterprise environments for it's superior data read/write performance (due to a higher RPM of the platters vs IDE) and it's higher average MTBF. Unlike IDE architecture which was limited to two devices per channel SCSI supported up to 7 devices per channel. The 8th position on the cable being reserved for the terminator. Not the the terminator was limited to the 8th position on the cable but the architecture's requirements dictate the after all positions on the chain which were to be populated by physical devices the final "device" be the terminator. The physical location on the SCSI chain/ribbon cable had to be hard pinned on the drive itself with jumpers similar in function to the jumpers on early ISA and PCI modems which had to be hard pinned for the correct IRQ. Son I was earning a living supporting early x86 hardware when Totse was a new and exciting experienceto you. So you can Google all you want to try and stump me.But the sad truth is your knowledge base sucks in comparison .
