Subj : Marines
To   : Mike Powell
From : George Pope
Date : Mon Jun 06 2022 22:56:02

>> Wow.  I think I've only heard of the Alligator, made by the Union -- why
> subm
>> ines, anyway, wasn't the Civil War pretty much all a land-based war?
> Mostly, yes, but there were some naval skirmishes, probably related to the
> union blockade of southern ports.  IIRC, the CSA sub was used against a
> union ship blockading the port of Charleston, SC.
>> Makes Sense -- only the successful ones would be remembered by history. . .
>> "You made a toy.  It broke. . naghh, we won't be prioritizing that one into
> th
>> history books.. ."
> I think it was a success in its initial mission.  The goal was to quietly
> approach a ship, ram a harpoon-like rod with a bomb attached into the hull
> under the water level so that when it detonates, the ship takes on water
> and sinks.
> IIRC, he completed the first and last step... he was either too close
> during the last part of the second step (the detonation) or had some other
> mishap before he made it back to shore.
> Either way, it took on water and sank.  I think it was named the Hundley,
> after its creator.

Our dear moderator says the same, so sounds pretty definite.

>> How do I telnet into yours? Special port?
> You seemed to have found Moe's, on port 27.  The system I am posting from
> runs on the standard port at the address in the origin line below.  Moe's
> is the one with all the classic DOS doors, like LORD, Yankee Trader, etc.
> On this system, they have either been ported to linux or are new doors
> written specifically for linux machines.

Your origin line is:
-+- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
 + Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

So do I telnet to SSH:2022 ?
or to capitolcityonlne.net port 2022?

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