Subj : exactly the same except totally different
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sun Nov 26 2017 18:22:10

Hello Maurice,

23 Nov 17 18:55 at you wrote to me:

 SD>> I'm a little biased towards MBSE
 MK> So I've noticed.

I let it show that much, eh? :D

 MK> It just barely made it into the 21st century before IBM sold it,
 MK> according to Wikipedia 15 years ago.  The last version I tried was
 MK> more than 20 years ago in 1996-ish.  There was problems booting it on
 MK> a 2G drive on a 486 at the time due to bios issues so that machine
 MK> went pure Linux.

While I still have a special place in my heart for OS/2, until IBM allows 
OS/2's kernel to be updated to 64-bit and the video subsystem to be updated 
internally instead of relying on external systems (a la SNAP), I don't think 
I'll use it again.  OS/2 being a true multiuser system would be nice as well 
as some sort of native SSH-like setup would be cool.

 SD>> While I do miss some things about Max/2 and OS/2
 MK> I think that might have been the ultimate BBS.

That was still my favorite system.  While I do like MBSE a lot even with its 
quirks and warts, I guess it's nostalgia that's making me wax poetic here...

 MK> Agreed.  However I haven't actually ran a BBS since making the switch
 MK> other than a brief flirt with Maximus via dosemu.  Due to dosemu
 MK> issues as well as the lack of callers it never stood much of a chance.

I barely get any callers myself (except getting hammered by script kiddies 
from China and Russia) but I guess it's just something I still enjoy doing as 
a hobby when I have time, much like my amateur radio.

 MK> pktheader.  It seems to me that the 2+ version never did get properly
 MK> documented despite it being the defacto standard since roughly
 MK> 2000-ish.  As for where Fidonet is going it seems to have been stuck
 MK> for a number of decades now.

I will make a note of that and pass it on if and when I get elected.

Later,
Sean

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