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John Robertson
Apr 20, 2020, 11:39:10 AM4/20/20
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On 2020/04/20 12:04 a.m., Mike Mocha wrote:
> Wow! I just got back on Usenet after literally 18+ years and it's great
> to see this is one of the last text groups still active with real people
> talking! Good to see Sam Goldwasser and others still on here. Sam
> incorporated a "tip" I made regarding vacuum tube televisions on his TV
> FAQ back in 1997! I had a lot of great memories lurking and posting in
> this group from 1995 to 1997. Thanks all!
>
Welcome back! Were you trapped on a desert island with only a volleyball
for company?
John ;-#)#
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> Wow! I just got back on Usenet after literally 18+ years and it's great
> to see this is one of the last text groups still active with real people
> talking! Good to see Sam Goldwasser and others still on here. Sam
> incorporated a "tip" I made regarding vacuum tube televisions on his TV
> FAQ back in 1997! I had a lot of great memories lurking and posting in
> this group from 1995 to 1997. Thanks all!
>
Welcome back! Were you trapped on a desert island with only a volleyball
for company?
John ;-#)#
--
(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
Phil Hobbs
Apr 22, 2020, 8:21:53 AM4/22/20
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On 2020-04-22 00:39, Mike Mocha wrote:
> up accounts until 2002 until reasonably priced DSL came to my area. The
> difference was that DSL didn't include anything but total garbage
> Usenet. Of course years later it was totally dropped from all ISPs and
> still is. Now I have 635/20 Mbps cable service which is like a 1.2
> million percent increase in speed from the dial up days and a reasonably
> cheap Usenet provider that I pay extra for.
>
Eternal September and aioe have been free for a long time.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:39:02 -0700, John Robertson wrote:
>
>> On 2020/04/20 12:04 a.m., Mike Mocha wrote:
>>> Wow! I just got back on Usenet after literally 18+ years and it's
>>> great to see this is one of the last text groups still active with real
>>> people talking! Good to see Sam Goldwasser and others still on here.
>>> Sam incorporated a "tip" I made regarding vacuum tube televisions on
>>> his TV FAQ back in 1997! I had a lot of great memories lurking and
>>> posting in this group from 1995 to 1997. Thanks all!
>>>
>>>
>> Welcome back! Were you trapped on a desert island with only a volleyball
>> for company?
>>
>> John ;-#)#
>
>
> Worse, I was stuck on ISPs without Usenet. I used to have various dial
>
>> On 2020/04/20 12:04 a.m., Mike Mocha wrote:
>>> Wow! I just got back on Usenet after literally 18+ years and it's
>>> great to see this is one of the last text groups still active with real
>>> people talking! Good to see Sam Goldwasser and others still on here.
>>> Sam incorporated a "tip" I made regarding vacuum tube televisions on
>>> his TV FAQ back in 1997! I had a lot of great memories lurking and
>>> posting in this group from 1995 to 1997. Thanks all!
>>>
>>>
>> Welcome back! Were you trapped on a desert island with only a volleyball
>> for company?
>>
>> John ;-#)#
>
>
> up accounts until 2002 until reasonably priced DSL came to my area. The
> difference was that DSL didn't include anything but total garbage
> Usenet. Of course years later it was totally dropped from all ISPs and
> still is. Now I have 635/20 Mbps cable service which is like a 1.2
> million percent increase in speed from the dial up days and a reasonably
> cheap Usenet provider that I pay extra for.
>
Eternal September and aioe have been free for a long time.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
Kirk M
May 18, 2020, 1:54:42 PM5/18/20
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