On Wed Nov 29 2017 14:40:00, Henri Derksen wrote to Ward Dossche:
HD>> Forgive me if I forget some method ;-).
WD>> Using carrier pidgeons.
HD> Indeed HD> There was a FTSC document for is not it?
No.
WD>> Putting the messqge on a USB stick. Driving to where the sysop WD>> lives, deliver the USB-stick, waiting for answer while the sysop WD>> reads it. Sysop reads message and writes answer, puts answer to WD>> USB-stick. Sysop Wd>> hands over USB-stick. Drive home 2500 miles, put USB-stick in PC, Wd>> read answer.
HD> You forget simpel good old 5,25" and 3,5" floppy diskettes. HD> I donot have USB on my 80486DX UniCorn BBS machine.
Sure. But, does your NC/RC/ZC have a floppy drive these days? It's quite doubtful.
HD> But instead of driving 2500 Miles,
Still a better idea than the rest.
HD> the sysop can send the diskettes by airmail or landpost, sometimes HD> seapost. Here in NL many years ago we had sometime a modemless point HD> exchanging mail by diskette for some months, because he studied in HD> another city then where his parents lived. His boss had his BBSystem HD> in the same study town.
He probably got paid pretty good to do that, too (in those days).
HD> Nowadays you could also use a drone as a transport method.
Only if it's within a km or mile or so. Otherwise, no way.
HD> The only problem is the battery capacity for a given distance. HD> You could see that as a mechanical carrier pidgeon ;-).
I mean, if you want to see how far the battery can go, then set it up with a GPS so that you don't have to control it, put it on autopilot and see how far it goes. ;)
Regards, Nick
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