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Adam Levine

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Mar 4, 1994, 11:07:36 PM3/4/94
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My friend and I were trying to play Doom over the modem for the first
time, but we ran into some problems. I have a Practical Peripherals
14.4FXSA, and he has a US Robotics 14.4 Sportster external fax/modem.
Whenever he tries to call me through the Doom setup utility, his modem
does not even dial or the program does not recognize his modem.
Therefore, we tried connecting on our comm programs, shelling to dos, and
using the "already connected" choice, but it just hung with the message
"trying to connect" or whatever. We have tried just about everything and
I've tried all the different init strings for each of our modems, but
nothing works. Can anyone please help? Please respond in this message
group or e-mail me.

a...@interaccess.com

rud...@gmail.com

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Oct 29, 2018, 5:30:34 PM10/29/18
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I don't know. I have a 33.6 modem it works every time. You probably need to try a different init string.

Zombied Ant

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:38:15 PM10/29/18
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You still play DOOM on dial-up?!
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Spladam

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Jun 16, 2021, 5:07:01 AM6/16/21
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My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20 yo post.

Ant

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Jun 16, 2021, 3:59:18 PM6/16/21
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Spladam <lastthingy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 8:38:15 PM UTC-5, Zombied Ant wrote:
> > rud...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Friday, March 4, 1994 at 10:07:36 PM UTC-6, Adam Levine wrote:
> > > > My friend and I were trying to play Doom over the modem for the first
> > > > time, but we ran into some problems. I have a Practical Peripherals
> > > > 14.4FXSA, and he has a US Robotics 14.4 Sportster external fax/modem.
> > > > Whenever he tries to call me through the Doom setup utility, his modem
> > > > does not even dial or the program does not recognize his modem.
> > > > Therefore, we tried connecting on our comm programs, shelling to dos, and
> > > > using the "already connected" choice, but it just hung with the message
> > > > "trying to connect" or whatever. We have tried just about everything and
> > > > I've tried all the different init strings for each of our modems, but
> > > > nothing works. Can anyone please help? Please respond in this message
> > > > group or e-mail me.
> >
> > > I don't know. I have a 33.6 modem it works every time. You probably need to try a different init string.
> > You still play DOOM on dial-up?!

> My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20 yo post.

It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
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Korwin

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Jun 17, 2021, 4:14:18 PM6/17/21
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Hello!

On Saturday, 5 March 1994 at 07:07:36 UTC+3, Adam Levine wrote:
On Tuesday, 30 October 2018 at 00:30:34 UTC+3, rud...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 22:59:18 UTC+3, Ant wrote:

I still don't understand why I was getting warnings on Steam for necroposting. Well, people communicate over the decades in one topic, and everything looks natural, and there is no need to create a separate topic for each message. Do you agree?

OldbieOne

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Nov 16, 2021, 4:03:28 PM11/16/21
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"Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
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Ant

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Nov 16, 2021, 6:26:54 PM11/16/21
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OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
...
> > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20 yo post.
> >
> > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)

> Had no idea Google still archived USENET

They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!
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OldbieOne

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Nov 24, 2021, 3:05:28 PM11/24/21
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"Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
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> OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> ...
> > > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20 yo
post.
> > >
> > > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
>
> > Had no idea Google still archived USENET
>
> They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!

Is DejaNews still going??

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Ant

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Nov 24, 2021, 6:52:33 PM11/24/21
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OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:

> "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> news:tsudnZGUVrKyown8...@earthlink.com...
> > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > > > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20 yo
> post.
> > > >
> > > > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
> >
> > > Had no idea Google still archived USENET
> >
> > They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!

> Is DejaNews still going??

Nope. http://dejanews.com and https://www.fastusenet.org/blog/what-is-dejanews-where-did-it-go.html :(
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OldbieOne

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Dec 1, 2021, 1:38:19 PM12/1/21
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"Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
news:TIedndaGrfamTQP8...@earthlink.com...
> OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
>
> > "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> > news:tsudnZGUVrKyown8...@earthlink.com...
> > > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20
yo
> > post.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
> > >
> > > > Had no idea Google still archived USENET
> > >
> > > They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!
>
> > Is DejaNews still going??
>
> Nope. http://dejanews.com and
https://www.fastusenet.org/blog/what-is-dejanews-where-did-it-go.html :(
>

Dang :(

Ant

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Dec 1, 2021, 9:43:00 PM12/1/21
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OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:

> "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> news:TIedndaGrfamTQP8...@earthlink.com...
> > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> > > news:tsudnZGUVrKyown8...@earthlink.com...
> > > > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > > > > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20
> yo
> > > post.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
> > > >
> > > > > Had no idea Google still archived USENET
> > > >
> > > > They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!
> >
> > > Is DejaNews still going??
> >
> > Nope. http://dejanews.com and
> https://www.fastusenet.org/blog/what-is-dejanews-where-did-it-go.html :(
> >

> Dang :(

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meta

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Jan 10, 2022, 4:05:03 AM1/10/22
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In article <l6GdnZsYG9cwrzX8...@earthlink.com>
a...@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
> OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
>
> > "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> > news:TIedndaGrfamTQP8...@earthlink.com...
> > > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> > > > news:tsudnZGUVrKyown8...@earthlink.com...
> > > > > OldbieOne <m...@here.com> wrote:
> > > > > ...
> > > > > > > > My favorite thing about Google Groups is people replying to 20
> > yo
> > > > post.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It's not just on Google Groups. ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > > Had no idea Google still archived USENET
> > > > >
> > > > > They do, but not all. :( I miss DejaNews!
> > >
> > > > Is DejaNews still going??
> > >
> > > Nope. http://dejanews.com and
> > https://www.fastusenet.org/blog/what-is-dejanews-where-did-it-go.html :(
> > >
>
> > Dang :(
>
> :(

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