Subj : Re: hey i am on a 286 any ret
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Errol Casey
Date : Thu Jan 23 2025 05:32 pm

  Re: Re: hey i am on a 286 any ret
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dr. What on Thu Jan 23 2025 07:54 am

 PF> I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to toggle
 PF> between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to the other,
 PF> and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected to a BBS. It
 PF> worked until he noticed the lights on the modem blinking...

LOL. Good story. Wish I could have done that back when BBSes were in their heydays.
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