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    From Joseph Evans@1:218/700 to All on Mon Aug 23 16:03:01 2021
    Greetings all!

    I'm sure nobody expected to see any new messages in here, but more particularly, from someone new.

    I write this to you on my Pentium 233 MMX machine that I still
    occasionally feed the odd floppy or disc in. Toying with this box
    reminds me of the simpler days when the 'net was for nerds!

    I'm sure nobody then could have predicted what strange times we
    seem to live in now... but I wish you, your family, and your friends
    good health and safety.

    Here's to another 25 years (okay, 26 but who's counting :) to the
    system that got me where I am today. Eventually the kids will ask me
    why I have all of these 'save icons' lying around...


    Best,

    Joe
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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Joseph Evans on Tue Aug 24 14:28:36 2021
    On 23 Aug 2021 at 04:03p, Joseph Evans pondered and said...

    I write this to you on my Pentium 233 MMX machine that I still occasionally feed the odd floppy or disc in. Toying with this box
    reminds me of the simpler days when the 'net was for nerds!

    I'm sure nobody then could have predicted what strange times we
    seem to live in now... but I wish you, your family, and your friends
    good health and safety.

    Hey there

    Here's a reply from Dunedin, New Zealand - the retro scene is alive and well good sir.

    Hope you and yours are safe and well too.

    Best, Paul

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JOSEPH EVANS on Tue Aug 24 16:46:00 2021
    I'm sure nobody then could have predicted what strange times we
    seem to live in now... but I wish you, your family, and your friends
    good health and safety.

    Same to you and yours!

    Here's to another 25 years (okay, 26 but who's counting :) to the
    system that got me where I am today. Eventually the kids will ask me
    why I have all of these 'save icons' lying around...

    Indeed. I still have my BBS up and running that I first had running in
    1988! :)

    Mike


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