I remember the rainbow, it was a brick! I was a teen ager at the time bbs's were cool, My parents were stuffy about using the phone line. I had exactly 1 hour to mess around, I would download stuff with my BNS, put it on a floppy, put the floppy in my 286, and mess with that for 24 hours, until I could do it again. It's funny, they were dead set against me using the phone line, but now they have made a 180, they spend more time on the net than I do! One thing I liked, nearly everything was accessible, it was text only!
On Apr 22, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Funny Jason, I remember BBS systems very well. I used to run a bbs and > was a national Fideonet hub for a while. Recently I heard a podcast > from Retro Mac (available in the iTunes store as I believe retromac) > and they had someone on who talked about the bbs software available > for the Mac. I don't recall if anyone had developed any of the > Fideonet front-end mailers such as Binkley Term etc. for the Mac. > On Apr 22, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Jason Custer wrote: > >> >> Well, When I was using an apple II e, it was in the 80's. The ibm was >> new in my school, but not accessible. The screen reader freedom >> something was developed in the late 80s early 90's to work with >> dectalk, an external serial synth at that time, but the screen reader >> had no review mode, it sstank, especially for me knowing what my >> little apple could do, but mac's accessibility was non-existent for >> me, so when I eventually had to upgrade, it was to a pc with ASAP, >> the >> demo version, and an ISA doubletalk. >> I remember my high school was throwing out a 10 MB hard disk for >> apple >> II e, I hadn't known apple II e computers could use a hard drive. It >> was fun messing with that bad boy! I also got a kick out of using the >> internal modem to connect to a bbs. Anybody remember bbs's? >> Eventually, I used a Braille 'N Speak and an external modem. >> >> I never had a spell checker for bex, but I remember the "good timing" >> portion of apple, I used to switch things up sometimes with another >> program. >> hmm, it's amazing how much of this stuff I remember, but if I sat >> down >> in front of the machine now, it would be difficult to remember much >> I'm sure. One thing I miss though is the typing game. As an >> instructor, I could sure use that now. >> Jason Custer >> . >> >> On Apr 21, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >> >>> >>> wow. I don't remember any of this stuff but it sure is interesting >>> reading about it!! it seems strange t think that so many f ya'll >>> were >>> using apple computers back in the day in college. were pc's >>> completely >>> inaccessible then or were you all just mac enthusiasts from the >>> beginning? >>> peace and positivity >>> Jessi >>> follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >>> On 21-Apr-09, at 6:37 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Jessie Casum. I had such a crush on Jessie Casun or whatever he >>>> name >>>> was. I talked to her once when I was asking a question about >>>> Bex. I >>>> used Bex all the way through college to do my papers. Either Bex >>>> or >>>> Prowords, but more often Bex. I had a spell checker for it, even, >>>> but >>>> it never worked right. It came on double-sided disks and if you >>>> had >>>> good timing, you could pull out the disk at one point and flip it >>>> over >>>> and shortcut some of the menus to get to the Bex main menu. >>>> >>>> Mark BurningHawk >>>> >>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>>> My home page: >>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
