Saturday November 11 2017 09:12, you wrote to Ward Dossche:
I assume here you had a reasonably easy time to access the outside world, but still remember communicating with Gordon Eubanks of Digital Research and DRI over issues on CBasic or CPM/MPM.
He was working for the Navy on Submarines can't remember the type though.
It was a fairly quick turn round (7 - 14 days) for msgs despite the sub not coming to the surface over often.
I assume these days he is retired but there again ....
Vince
> Re: Re: Status of nominations > By: Ward Dossche to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu Nov 09 2017 07:19 am
CS>>> Some of this goes back 17 years now so no real details recalled CS>>> on any actual netmails other than a few lively ones from Barry CS>>> (Z3 and predated me in Z6 as a substantial feed site there).
WD>> I remember it very well.
WD>> It was amazing we could reach you shipboard those days ... WD>> perhaps today it is different. Last Saturday I was Fidonetting on WD>> a train ... who > would WD>> have believed that 17 years ago...
> Yes, times have changed and today you'd not be amazed to see that. > Back then though, it really did confuse folks. ZC's took it in stride > but some others got actually miffed that I was using non-standard ways > when at sea to handle things, including ZONEDIFFs. I had no way to > automate them weekly unless I made no changes at sea and at sea I had > no 'file attach capability' so went low-tech and made segment changes > at need then had Janis send them up. Strange yes, but it meant it > didnt matter if I was at sea or not, changes were not delayed over it. > I recall distinctly being at sea when Z6 said yes, standardize the > phone if ION to the static (no deviation) 0 set. We had too many > close ties to Z3 to even think of not giving them something they could > use as a known, undeviated block. Perfect? No. Heck of a lot closer > than a hodge podge though.
> Anyways, back to the topic of this place since that sort of thing isnt > and never will be a 'standard'. It's more of a one-off bit of our > Fido history one wouldn't expect but really happened.
> xxcarol
Vince
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