• The Zombie Zone

    From SysOp@VERT/ZOMBZONE to All on Thu Apr 11 17:32:00 2013
    The Zombie Zone BBS
    10 Telnet Nodes
    Lord, Usurper, TW2002, BRE, Pimp Wars, Global War, Freshwater Fishing, Planets, The Pit... Goal is to add as many doors as possible.

    File areas.
    2 CDs online with retro files from 90's.

    This bbs just stood up so content will be added often and fast.

    The Zombie Zone was run originally near Tampa, FL. in the mid early-mid 90's as a 2-Line dialup Synchronet BBS running a paid-for system, fully registered copy of Syncrhonet.

    I felt the itch to stand one up again and was so happy that synchronet appears to be THE premier telnet-ready software out there. Thanks Rob!

    The ZoMbie ZoNe
    FOCKER.GOTDNS.COM



    -Zombie Mambo


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  • From Lord Time@VERT/TIME to SysOp on Mon Apr 15 11:16:00 2013
    In a reply from SysOp on 17:32 about The Zombie Zone


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    you might want to change your aka to something other then sysop (we are all sysop here)

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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 10:37:00 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Lord Time to SysOp on Mon Apr 15 2013 12:16 pm

    In a reply from SysOp on 17:32 about The Zombie Zone


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    you might want to change your aka to something other then sysop (we are all sysop here)


    Thanks Cap'n obvious.
    I haven't run a BBS since 1996 so I apologize if I forgot how that worked.

    BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn't
    it?

    That's old school.

    Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's
    name was actually sysop.



    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 10:27:46 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Lord Time to SysOp on Mon Apr 15 2013 11:16 am

    you might want to change your aka to something other then sysop (we are all sysop here)

    Yeah, but he pronounces it "SISE-op".

    :)

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 16 16:09:52 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am

    BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn't it?


    it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop

    That's old school.

    Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.



    there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.

    i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
    Thanks,


    catch ya later noob

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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to Mro on Wed Apr 17 11:32:00 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Mro to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 16 2013 05:09 pm

    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am

    BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn it?


    it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop

    That's old school.

    Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.



    there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.

    i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
    Thanks,


    catch ya later noob

    It's stupid of you to be redundant.
    Newsflash: I figured out my error and fixed it before you or anyone else commented.

    I realzie this is the advertisement sub board, but you don't need to advertise how much of an a55hat you are everytime you get the chance, Mro. Does anyone like you? I've been on dove-net for a few days and all I see is pointless comments from you.

    I've run bbs's since I wrote one in TI Extended basic in 1982. Hardly a noob. Yeah. Basic. Line numbers. Not drag n drop object oriented languages or scripts like today's gen x'er +'s are used to.

    Have you ever seen a command prompt Mro or do they scare you because you can't click on buttons?

    I don't need to answer to you friend.

    But I will check in with you the next time I have a question about BBS protocol and etiquette...

    Catch ya later, douchebag.


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


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  • From Noisome@VERT/DIGI52 to Zombie Mambo on Wed Apr 17 19:36:43 2013
    Does anyone like you?

    I do. But then, its hard for me to dislike people who do contribute. A lot.

    Have you ever seen a command prompt Mro or do they scare you because you can't click on buttons?

    I'm not answering for him or nothing, but he is pretty badass in the kindness and awesomeness category, so I'm pretty sure the command line is like a face
    to Chuck Norris's (he's Chuck Norris maybe?) roundhouse kick .

    But aside from that, do zombies really mambo?

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Zombie Mambo on Wed Apr 17 18:48:15 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Mro on Wed Apr 17 2013 11:32 am

    Newsflash: I figured out my error and fixed it before you or anyone else commented.


    newsflash!

    hahah

    Have you ever seen a command prompt Mro or do they scare you because you can't click on buttons?


    ahahha

    But I will check in with you the next time I have a question about BBS protocol and etiquette...


    please do.

    Catch ya later, douchebag.


    keep sucking!

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  • From Sampsa@VERT/B4BBS to Zombie Mambo on Thu Apr 18 17:35:00 2013
    Zombie Mambo wrote to Mro <=-


    I've run bbs's since I wrote one in TI Extended basic in 1982. Hardly a noob. Yeah. Basic. Line numbers. Not drag n drop object oriented
    languages or scripts like today's gen x'er +'s are used to.

    Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use it nowadays.

    Signed,

    Somehow who just wrote a fairly complex BBS package in Python.


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  • From Noisome@VERT/DIGI52 to Sampsa on Thu Apr 18 12:47:45 2013
    Signed,

    Somehow who just wrote a fairly complex BBS package in Python.

    Can I see? :)

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Noisome on Thu Apr 18 15:52:15 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Noisome to Zombie Mambo on Wed Apr 17 2013 07:36 pm

    But aside from that, do zombies really mambo?


    i like sysop better than zombie mambo

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  • From Captain Kirk to Sampsa on Thu Apr 18 19:43:54 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Sampsa to Zombie Mambo on Thu Apr 18 2013 17:35:00

    Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use it nowadays.

    Did you see this game called Black Annex that was just released? Written in QBASIC and very impressive.

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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to Mro on Thu Apr 18 20:16:00 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Mro to Noisome on Thu Apr 18 2013 04:52 pm

    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Noisome to Zombie Mambo on Wed Apr 17 2013 07:36 pm

    But aside from that, do zombies really mambo?


    i like sysop better than zombie mambo

    <grin>

    Zombie Mambo was a game for the TI-99/4(A) from waaaay back.
    It'a always stuck with me.

    The TI was one of the most underated PC's of its time.



    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to Captain Kirk on Fri Apr 19 09:09:00 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Captain Kirk to Sampsa on Thu Apr 18 2013 08:43 pm

    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Sampsa to Zombie Mambo on Thu Apr 18 2013 17:35:00

    Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use nowadays.

    Did you see this game called Black Annex that was just released? Written in QBASIC and very impressive.

    http://www.blackannex.net //------------------------------------////----------------------------------
    BiC -=- break into chat -=- http://breakintochat.com -=- bbs wiki and blog


    Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's. Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.

    Gosubs...
    For Next loops...
    The stuff of magic.

    A forgotten art.


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


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  • From HusTler@VERT/DOS to Mro on Fri Apr 19 17:43:56 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Mro to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 16 2013 04:09 pm

    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am

    BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, doesn
    't
    it?


    it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop

    That's old school.

    Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the sysop's name was actually sysop.



    there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.

    i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
    Thanks,


    catch ya later noob

    s

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    /a
    /q








    /quit


    ?
    ?


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  • From Corey@VERT/TSGC to HusTler on Fri Apr 19 16:16:05 2013
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: HusTler to Mro on Fri Apr 19 2013 05:43 pm

    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Mro to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 16 2013 04:09 pm

    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Lord Time on Tue Apr 16 2013 10:37 am

    BTW, on my BBS it makes perfect sense for my alias to be Sysop now, do
    't
    it?


    it's stupid for you to be posting on a msg net using the name sysop

    That's old school.

    Old school as in single line dial up with no networking where the syso name was actually sysop.



    there are people here who are way more old school than you claim to be.

    i also dont recall any bbs where the sysop's name was really 'sysop'.
    Thanks,


    catch ya later noob

    s

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    /a
    /a
    /q








    /quit


    ?
    ?



    wow. he got it.

    "Practise safe Lunch, Use a Condiment"


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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Zombie Mambo on Sun Apr 21 18:25:44 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Captain Kirk on Fri Apr 19 2013 09:09 am

    Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's. Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed
    for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.

    I learned quite a bit about how computers worked by programming in BASIC. Anyone ever own an Amiga and programmed with Amiga BASIC? I had so much fun with that.

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  • From Captain Kirk to Zombie Mambo on Mon Apr 22 09:12:18 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Captain Kirk on Fri Apr 19 2013 09:09:00

    Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's. Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.

    Yeah, BASIC was about all I could program as a kid. I used AppleSoft BASIC at school, plain BASIC on my Atari 8-bit, GFA BASIC on my Atari ST, and even the TI-82/85 flavor of BASIC in high school (wrote a choose-you-own-adventure game that was passed around on TI calculators).

    After HS, I took some CS classes in school, but never did anything serious with it besides occasionally modifying a PHP or Perl script for a website.

    But in the last two years I've finally started doing real projects in javascript and even a tiny bit of Python. All those years of fooling around in BASIC are finally paying off. :) //------------------------------------////-----------------------------------//
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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to Dreamer on Mon Apr 22 23:14:00 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Dreamer to Zombie Mambo on Sun Apr 21 2013 07:25 pm

    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Captain Kirk on Fri Apr 19 2013 09:09 am

    Basic was what was available on most home pc's in the 70's and early 80's Some had advanced versions (like TI's extended basic which also allowed for speech synthesis and chorded music) and some offered machine/assembly language programming but most home users found their programming roots in basic.

    I learned quite a bit about how computers worked by programming in BASIC. Anyone ever own an Amiga and programmed with Amiga BASIC? I had so much fun with that.

    I never owned an Amiga but I will say honestly I was so jealous of friends who did. The Amiga was one of if not the best personal computers of its time with regards to its graphics and sound abilites.

    Sheesus who remembers the Video Toaster?

    BASIC was a great learning language. Better than LOGO or TURTLE as an entry language.

    As a building foundation, BASIC made it really easy for me to get into Visual Basic, and eventually C, C#, Javascript, etc.

    Fundamental concepts were easy to understand making them not seem foreign when you were exposed to the newer languages of the late 1990's and 2000's.

    It's funny looking back in history.

    In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was.
    What Email was.
    What modems did.
    They didn't get it. They didn't use computers.

    Now they can't live without their tablet or smartphone, taking for granted the fact that they can email/text anyone anywhere anytime. Yet they still do not understand how any of it works, nor do they care.

    So, I get no satisfaction or "see I told you so" for all the $$ I made them spend on me as a 5th grader wanting $1000 worth of PC stuff in 1982.

    Especially when you can get a netbook now for $299 that is more powerfull than the top of the line PC from '82...

    But the one thing I DO get is a phone call from a family member every week or se asking me to "fix" their pc, ipad, phone, etc...

    Smartphones and Tablets are becoming like cars to people.
    If they turn they key and it doesn't start, its broken and they must take it to the shop to have an "expert" look at it.

    NOBODY took their computer to the shop in the 80's cuz, their computer was NEVER broken. They just f'd up their files and would spend hours learning how to fix it.

    Gone are the days where people invest time to figure stuff out.

    Sorry for the rant!


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 23 10:47:00 2013
    Zombie Mambo wrote to Dreamer <=-

    I never owned an Amiga but I will say honestly I was so jealous of
    friends who did. The Amiga was one of if not the best personal
    computers of its time with regards to its graphics and sound abilites.

    Shame Commodore never advertised more in this country...it's almost as
    if Commodore USA was relying on a few magazine ads and word of mouth.
    Which, actually, worked out quite well if CBM had just managed their
    business better.

    Incidentally, anyone ever think about how similar modern computers are
    to what Commodore and Amiga was in the early eighties? What made it
    so powerful was a processor with extra instructions compared to the
    286, and a full processor for graphics, for sound, and maybe one or
    two other processors. This was at a time when graphics and sound
    crunching were still done mainly in software.

    Sheesus who remembers the Video Toaster?

    I never got to play on one, but I remember drooling over it back when
    I was still interested in multimedia.

    BASIC was a great learning language. Better than LOGO or TURTLE as an entry language.

    As a building foundation, BASIC made it really easy for me to get into Visual Basic, and eventually C, C#, Javascript, etc.

    Yeah, so long as it was the right BASIC. I initially learned on an
    early BASIC, with line numbers and not much in the way of extensions.
    Amiga BASIC really opened the door for me.

    Fundamental concepts were easy to understand making them not seem
    foreign when you were exposed to the newer languages of the late 1990's and 2000's.

    It's funny looking back in history.

    In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was.
    What Email was.
    What modems did.
    They didn't get it. They didn't use computers.

    Same here, but zoom forward about ten years. Around '92, I was trying
    to get my mom to let me teach her a thing or two about computers. She
    couldn't believe she'd ever need to know it, since she worked in the
    school cafeterias.

    Ten years later she had to take a few adult ed courses because she was
    going to be the assistant manager the next year. Luckily the school
    paid for it -- I chided her for not coming to me. :P

    Now they can't live without their tablet or smartphone, taking for
    granted the fact that they can email/text anyone anywhere anytime. Yet they still do not understand how any of it works, nor do they care.

    My mom has a fairly new fangled phone. I don't personally have any
    use for a smartphone...mine is about as dumb as they come these days.
    No games, no download apps, no camera, I'm lucky to have a calendar
    and alarm on it. I love it. Battery life is phenomenal. Conversely,
    she has a phone that can do almost anything; it's just shy of what we
    would call a smartphone now. She might record video once in a while,
    and it replaced her camera. She still doesn't ask me for help on
    stuff...my stepdad spent all day Saturday trying to get photos off of
    it...lol

    The only reason there's a computer in that house is cuz my stepdad has
    a business... and they only use it for writing INVOICES...bleh... I
    tried offering to help modernize his business w/ software that'll do
    P&L's, automatic invoicing, track stuff for taxes, etc. Nope.

    So, I get no satisfaction or "see I told you so" for all the $$ I made them spend on me as a 5th grader wanting $1000 worth of PC stuff in
    1982.

    Especially when you can get a netbook now for $299 that is more
    powerfull than the top of the line PC from '82...

    Probably more powerful than something closer to 2000, even.

    But the one thing I DO get is a phone call from a family member every
    week or se asking me to "fix" their pc, ipad, phone, etc...

    Smartphones and Tablets are becoming like cars to people.
    If they turn they key and it doesn't start, its broken and they must
    take it to the shop to have an "expert" look at it.

    NOBODY took their computer to the shop in the 80's cuz, their computer
    was NEVER broken. They just f'd up their files and would spend hours learning how to fix it.

    Well, repair shops were still pretty rare in the 80's. Some places
    were lucky to have even one. I can't tell you how many people had a
    dusty computer sitting in some corner cuz something was wrong with it.

    Big reason repair shops were rare was because computers were so
    expensive, most people who wanted to spend the money on one were
    technical minded enough to want to work out how to use it.

    Now, fast forward to the 90's, and computers were finally becoming
    cheap enough, and used ones plentiful enough, that everyone was
    starting to get them. Games were more badass than the consoles, and
    that helped, too. Ever notice how repair shops boomed after the
    release of Windows 95? ;)

    Gone are the days where people invest time to figure stuff out.

    Sorry for the rant!

    No problem, I love flashbacks. :)




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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to DREAMER on Wed Apr 24 23:11:00 2013
    --- DREAMER wrote --
    Zombie Mambo wrote to Dreamer <=

    I never owned an Amiga but I will say honestly I was so jealous o friends who did. The Amiga was one of if not the best persona
    computers of its time with regards to its graphics and sound abilites

    Shame Commodore never advertised more in this country...it's almost a
    if Commodore USA was relying on a few magazine ads and word of mouth
    Which, actually, worked out quite well if CBM had just managed thei
    business better.

    Incidentally, anyone ever think about how similar modern computers ar
    to what Commodore and Amiga was in the early eighties? What made i
    so powerful was a processor with extra instructions compared to th
    286, and a full processor for graphics, for sound, and maybe one o
    two other processors. This was at a time when graphics and soun
    crunching were still done mainly in software.

    Sheesus who remembers the Video Toaster

    I never got to play on one, but I remember drooling over it back whe
    I was still interested in multimedia

    BASIC was a great learning language. Better than LOGO or TURTLE as a entry language

    As a building foundation, BASIC made it really easy for me to get int Visual Basic, and eventually C, C#, Javascript, etc

    Yeah, so long as it was the right BASIC. I initially learned on a
    early BASIC, with line numbers and not much in the way of extensions
    Amiga BASIC really opened the door for me.

    Fundamental concepts were easy to understand making them not see
    foreign when you were exposed to the newer languages of the late 1990 and 2000's

    It's funny looking back in history

    In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was
    What Email was
    What modems did
    They didn't get it. They didn't use computers

    Same here, but zoom forward about ten years. Around '92, I was tryin
    to get my mom to let me teach her a thing or two about computers. Sh couldn't believe she'd ever need to know it, since she worked in th
    school cafeterias

    Ten years later she had to take a few adult ed courses because she wa
    going to be the assistant manager the next year. Luckily the schoo
    paid for it -- I chided her for not coming to me. :

    Now they can't live without their tablet or smartphone, taking fo granted the fact that they can email/text anyone anywhere anytime. Ye they still do not understand how any of it works, nor do they care

    My mom has a fairly new fangled phone. I don't personally have an
    use for a smartphone...mine is about as dumb as they come these days
    No games, no download apps, no camera, I'm lucky to have a calenda
    and alarm on it. I love it. Battery life is phenomenal. Conversely
    she has a phone that can do almost anything; it's just shy of what w
    would call a smartphone now. She might record video once in a while
    and it replaced her camera. She still doesn't ask me for help o
    stuff...my stepdad spent all day Saturday trying to get photos off o
    it...lo

    The only reason there's a computer in that house is cuz my stepdad ha
    a business... and they only use it for writing INVOICES...bleh...
    tried offering to help modernize his business w/ software that'll d
    P&L's, automatic invoicing, track stuff for taxes, etc. Nope

    So, I get no satisfaction or "see I told you so" for all the $$ I mad them spend on me as a 5th grader wanting $1000 worth of PC stuff i
    1982

    Especially when you can get a netbook now for $299 that is mor
    powerfull than the top of the line PC from '82..

    Probably more powerful than something closer to 2000, even

    But the one thing I DO get is a phone call from a family member ever week or se asking me to "fix" their pc, ipad, phone, etc..

    Smartphones and Tablets are becoming like cars to people
    If they turn they key and it doesn't start, its broken and they mus
    take it to the shop to have an "expert" look at it

    NOBODY took their computer to the shop in the 80's cuz, their compute was NEVER broken. They just f'd up their files and would spend hour learning how to fix it

    Well, repair shops were still pretty rare in the 80's. Some place
    were lucky to have even one. I can't tell you how many people had
    dusty computer sitting in some corner cuz something was wrong with it

    Big reason repair shops were rare was because computers were s
    expensive, most people who wanted to spend the money on one wer
    technical minded enough to want to work out how to use it

    Now, fast forward to the 90's, and computers were finally becomin
    cheap enough, and used ones plentiful enough, that everyone wa
    starting to get them. Games were more badass than the consoles, an
    that helped, too. Ever notice how repair shops boomed after th
    release of Windows 95? ;

    Gone are the days where people invest time to figure stuff out

    Sorry for the rant

    No problem, I love flashbacks. :




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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to the doctor on Thu Apr 25 11:22:00 2013
    the doctor wrote to DREAMER <=-

    --- DREAMER wrote --

    *snip*

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    All I got was one big quote. No text.

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to DREAMER on Thu Apr 25 23:30:00 2013
    --- DREAMER wrote --

    All I got was one big quote. No text

    Sorry about that. I don't remember what I accidently didn't respond to. (;


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  • From Hustler@VERT/CBLISS to Zombie Mambo on Tue Apr 30 21:06:00 2013
    Re: Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to Dreamer on Mon Apr 22 2013 23:14:00

    In '82 I was trying to explain to my parents what a BBS was. What
    Email was. What modems did. They didn't get it. They didn't use
    computers.

    Well let's see. I was at the bank when yahoo went public. The wife now ex refused to cash the CD we had so we could invest. The new internet Co I volunteerd for moved all 100 US Robotic modems to a bigger building. She
    still thought it was all BS. Ouch.. This really hurts. Ever get that sharp pain over your right eye?


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  • From Sampsa@VERT/B4BBS to Noisome on Thu May 9 12:30:00 2013
    Noisome wrote to Sampsa <=-

    @VIA: VERT/DIGI52
    @MSGID: <517023B1.1945.dove-ads@digital52.com>
    @REPLY: <517005A2.3209.dove-ads@b4bbs.com>
    @TZ: ffffc12c
    Signed,

    Somehow who just wrote a fairly complex BBS package in Python.

    Can I see? :)

    See http://pyffle.com or telnet to hq.pyffle.com

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  • From Sampsa@VERT/B4BBS to Captain Kirk on Thu May 9 12:32:00 2013
    Captain Kirk wrote to Sampsa <=-


    Wait wait wait - BASIC had its charms but you'd have to be a nut to use it nowadays.

    Did you see this game called Black Annex that was just released?
    Written in QBASIC and very impressive.

    http://www.blackannex.net

    I wasn't saying you can't do interesting things in weird languages - just that you're probably nuts for doing it or doing it as a challenge.

    You might be able to write that in DEC COBOL, who knows..

    My point is that why use something that was ALWAYS considered a slightly sub-standard
    language to put it politely when there's loads of actually modern, fun, easy-to-use
    languages out there.


    sampsa


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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZOMBZONE to All on Sat Jun 3 17:32:48 2017
    The Zombie Zone BBS
    .. Message Groups
    .. Doors (yeah, we got cripple smash)

    Telnet: hcow.dynu.net port 61912
    Web: hcow.dynu.net:61913


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo


    -=+:[ The Zombie Zone BBS * hcow.dynu.net port 61912 ]:+=-


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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZZONE to All on Mon May 27 11:50:07 2019
    My lame bbs is back up with a bunch of doors.

    hcow.dynu.net 61912

    The Zombie Zone



    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo

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  • From Brokenmind@VERT/TIABBS to Zombie Mambo on Fri May 31 09:28:29 2019
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to All on Mon May 27 2019 11:50 am

    Sorry I missed quoted this post but it was conserning your bbs was back online. but anways

    Welcome back!




    Brokenmind

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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZZONE to Brokenmind on Sun Jun 2 15:13:00 2019
    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Brokenmind to Zombie Mambo on Fri May 31 2019 09:28 am

    Re: The Zombie Zone
    By: Zombie Mambo to All on Mon May 27 2019 11:50 am

    Sorry I missed quoted this post but it was conserning your bbs was back onli but anways

    Welcome back!




    Brokenmind

    Thank you for the warm welcome back!


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo

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