#262065 - 02/08/2005 15:33
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Interesting! Something of a memory stirrer.
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#262066 - 02/08/2005 15:52
Re: BBS
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 24/07/2002
Posts: 618
Loc: South London
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I think hugo should resurrect TWoC, see if my old user account is still on it  I found the manual to ArcBBS the other day and chuckled over the dedication to his 3 cats. Ahh, those were the days!
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#262067 - 03/08/2005 10:09
Re: BBS
[Re: sn00p]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Arcade BBS is still online, still running Hugo's software, last compiled more than ten years ago! telnet://arcade.demon.co.uk/Ah, memories. I now have one ex Acorn and two ex ARM employees, a hardware contractor who designed half the podules in existance, and two more Acorn connected types due to come on board soon. Can't get away from it all! Rob
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#262068 - 03/08/2005 12:38
Re: BBS
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
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I purchased a copy a while back. It's really good and well done, and the service is great. The author emailed all of us to make sure some defective dvds could be replaced, just to give you an idea. It's publication was delayed, but it was worthed the wait. If you were in Fido/BBSs, you should buy the documentary 
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#262070 - 03/08/2005 14:21
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
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I gave a lift to a gyu from Cambridge the other month. He was planning on creating an in-car mp3 player but some other guy he knew beat him to it so he didn't bother.
FWIW his design would have been much simpler and cheaper to produce apparently.
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#262071 - 03/08/2005 16:22
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[Re: furtive]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5914
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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He was planning on creating an in-car mp3 player but some other guy he knew beat him to it so he didn't bother.
FWIW his design would have been much simpler and cheaper to produce apparently.
What, like all those experts on Slashdot that reckoned they could make an empeg killer out of an old Sony Walkman, a ZX81 and a rubber chicken ?
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#262072 - 03/08/2005 20:37
Re: BBS
[Re: andy]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
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What, like all those experts on Slashdot that reckoned they could make an empeg killer out of an old Sony Walkman, a ZX81 and a rubber chicken ?
ROTFL!
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#262073 - 09/08/2005 02:30
Re: BBS
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Ah, memories. I now have one ex Acorn and two ex ARM employees, a hardware contractor who designed half the podules in existance, and two more Acorn connected types due to come on board soon. Can't get away from it all!
Well you are still in Cambridge, what did you expect? I imagine every Cambridge resident knows at least one person who worked for an Acorn related company...
Are you suggesting the nut doesn't fall far from the tree?
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#262074 - 09/08/2005 05:27
Re: BBS
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Registered: 24/07/2002
Posts: 618
Loc: South London
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Ah, memories. I now have one ex Acorn and two ex ARM employees, a hardware contractor who designed half the podules in existance, and two more Acorn connected types due to come on board soon. Can't get away from it all!
Well you are still in Cambridge, what did you expect? I imagine every Cambridge resident knows at least one person who worked for an Acorn related company...
Are you suggesting the nut doesn't fall far from the tree?
Snigger Considering one of Acorns previous locations, that joke works on another level, of course if you don't know Cambridge you wont know why! :P
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#262075 - 09/08/2005 20:08
Re: BBS
[Re: sn00p]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Considering one of Acorns previous locations, that joke works on another level, of course if you don't know Cambridge you wont know why!
I must, then, be funnier than I realize. 
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