My hippie bus is all orggy

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

Let's see....

Still have my Timex-Sinclair 1000
(http://oldcomputers.net/ts1000.html).  I remember my roommate in
Oregon using BBSs in the early 90s and thinking, I'd rather be in a
bar with real people.  But then he was a rather LARGE person and
didn't go out much, so for him, it was a wonderful thing.

And for those who love Apples and their games, I give you this nice link:

www.virtualapple.com

On 6/17/05, David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> Ha, I am going to have to ask if you have some games I sorely miss...  More off list...
> 
> David
> >
> > From: Roger concha <rogercv1@gmail.com>
> > Date: 2005/06/17 Fri PM 12:10:02 EDT
> > To: Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net>
> > CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: My hippie bus is all orggy
> >
> > I still have my atari 800 and modem and external 5 1/4 floppy drive
> > with about 60 double sided floppies full of games.
> >
> > Anyone remember Lode Runner??
> >
> > On 6/17/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Woo hoo!
> > > Love the old Ataris (800 and 1600), the Commodore VIC 20 and 64, the
> > > Sinclair, Apple IIe, the CosMac VIP and the venerable trash 80's!
> > >
> > > But I'm still not fond of bottom-posting.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
> > > >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
> > > >Behalf Of Roger concha
> > > >Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:37 AM
> > > >To: Neptuno
> > > >Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > >Subject: Re: My hippie bus is all orggy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Oh the good old days of BBS, first got into BBS with my old Atari 800
> > > >with 300 baud modem.
> > > >
> > > >On 6/17/05, Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Oh yes...I was "online" back then. BBSing and the like. Thats why when I
> > > >> first joined the list back in 96 I was still using my old BBS handle
> > > >> "NightShadow".
> > > >>
> > > >> I watched the BBSs die slowly, as they all started to
> > > >interconnect....many
> > > >> of them just became ISPs in the end, the BBS system long expanded and
> > > >> integrated into what we now know as the Internet.
> > > >>
> > > >> Funny, the popularity of forums now a days...so much like the BBS systems
> > > >> of the early 90s. (you log in, read messages posted, send PMs, basically
> > > >> the same thing a BBS was).
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >>
> > > >> Do you guys remember MOO's and MUD's some of them are still
> > > >around like Uminho, MOOsaico in Portugal (the first moo) Wich I
> > > >was a part off and from time to time go back and visit.
> > > >>
> > > >> I tis funny how things have changed since then and how some are
> > > >essentially the same, but under a new skin like Eric mentioned. Oh
> > > >and to answer Cathy, I was plugged in in 93 (reluctanly at first)
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >>
> > > >> El Tony
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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Mike
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