Text 11896, 68 rader
Skriven 2021-02-11 22:24:21 av Carol Shenkenberger (7725.ftsc_pub)
  Kommentar till text 11884 av Oli (2:280/464.47)
Ärende: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election -
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  Re: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election -
  By: Oli to Nick Andre on Tue Feb 09 2021 10:48 am

 > Nick wrote (2021-02-07):
 > 
 >  NA> On 07 Feb 21  18:31:57, Oli said the following to Nick Andre:
 > 
 >  O>> Which part of it? Which PKT formats are used by your system? Please
 >  O>> point to the FTSs that describe these formats.
 > 
 >  NA> As per FTS-0001.016. Application B section 1 - Message storage. Section
 >  NA> - Schedules and events, specifically ZMH as I have a dialup modem line.
 > 
 >  NA> Application C - Presentation Layer section 1. Compatible packed message
 > 
 >  NA> Application D - Session layer. All sections. All specification supporte
 >  NA> here.
 > 
 >  NA> Application F - Network layer. All sections. Everything supported here.
 > 
 >  NA> Application G - Data Link Layer. All sections. Everything accepted here
 > 
 >  NA> Several more FTS's supported here not to mention EMSI which was invente
 >  NA> by both Joaquim Homrighausen and the original D'Bridge author. But I
 >  NA> added the frosting on the cake by directly integrating with the BinkD
 >  NA> protocol specs so this system really is both a "true" hybrid dialup and
 >  NA> Internet system.
 > 
 >  NA> That was done with the help of Ward Dossche... the guy whom I was told
 >  NA> horror stories about and was called every name in the book, but has
 >  NA> always been very nice to trade banter with. The guy who helped in July
 >  NA> 2018 when I inherited a total mess from my ZC predecessor. You know, th
 >  NA> one you cozy up with in Fidogazette. I rewrote that mess in two nights 
 >  NA> make it "work". You know, to produce correct nodelists on time. But sur
 >  NA> lets talk about FTS-0001...
 > 
 >  NA> So you may connect here using BinkD or make an international dialup mod
 >  NA> call to Toronto Canada and connect as low as 300 baud to an IBM 7855 an
 >  NA> initiate a minimal Xmodem or Telink session if you wanted to. Maybe you
 >  NA> prefer Yoohoo handshaking? Or try your hand at some WaZOO or Bark hacke
 > 
 >  NA> I still receive the occasional dialup BBS call but for the sake of this
 >  NA> discussion the last "serious" downlink I had that did Fido via. dialup
 >  NA> was a non-profit BBS geared towards disabled/handicapped chatter that w
 >  NA> running Wildcat and ViaMail on a 386 PC polling here at 2400 baud sever
 >  NA> times a day. That was probably... uhhhh I'm guessing only 5 or 6 years
 >  NA> ago and for some reason Telink worked better than EMSI but to be fair
 >  NA> that was being done over a VOIP setup at the time.
 > 
 >  NA> Now the troll says what?
 > 
 > After starting with an answer for the first question, which transformed into
 > raving about various ZCs in various ways, your mail suddenly  stops here.
 > 
 > Are you intentionally avoiding the other questions?
 > Or do you have a short attention span and cannot resist the immediate urge t
 > babble about the cool dude you think you are and how others suck?
 > 
 > Did you understand the questions from the previous mails?
 > 

We have some serious weather here just now and he may be caught in it.

Why so nasty at a 3 day delay?

  xxcarol
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