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offrotor · 2009-08-25, 04:08 AM

Just a curious question?

Does the name 'Sub' come from the ol' BBS days? (Sub-op),(Sys-op)

I had some late nights into the BBS way back, I had a sub-op on my BBS we called him Sub too. We used a Commodore 64 with a MASS of 5.25 drives, (10 I think it was). Boy things have changed.....

***sub*** · 2009-08-25, 05:42 AM

No, not me. I was certainly involved in the BBS scene - but that was here in New Zealand. Ah, my old 2400 baud modem seems an age ago now...

martint123 · 2009-08-25, 11:00 AM

Ah yes, the good old days - I used to have a big string of 5.25 10mb drives on a remote CPM system from what must have been the early 1980's. Wow, how all the O/S, modem drivers, user apps all fitted into 64k with room to spare.
Started off with a 300 baud modem and slowly got up to 14400 over the years. With a loyal CPM following.... My old mate from Philips many years ago ran one as well and emigrated out to NZ.

Martin, ex Leconfield RCPM. A googly quote.... Big Grin

Quote:MBBS Leconfield, sysop Martin Taylor, 0401 50745 300 &
1200/75 baud. In my (admittedly limited) survey of UK boards,
this one strikes me as the best I've found for "techies",
with a sysop who doesn't offer bullshit on the rare occasions
when he's stumped for an answer. Many thanks, Martin.

JonnyCam · 2009-08-25, 09:11 PM

I like the comparison between your string of 10mb drives, versus your current signature.

I remember my 2400 modem, with midnight dialling sessions & shareware a plenty.

ACTCMS · 2009-08-25, 09:39 PM

OK - so hands up everyone who knows the difference between baud and bps (no googling or wikipediaing please)...

whurlston · 2009-08-25, 09:42 PM

ACTCMS Wrote:OK - so hands up everyone who knows the difference between baud and bps (no googling or wikipediaing please)...

:hand up:

johnsonx42 · 2009-08-25, 10:10 PM

:hand up: :waving:

pick me! pick me!

offrotor · 2009-08-26, 02:19 AM

I too started with a 300 baud modem. I started the Board with it, (not for long) I quickly moved through 1200-2400, and finally got the patch cable to run the 14.4

I recently plunked "CCUG Calgary" into google and found a lot of the same folks from the late 80's, early 90's still meeting (die hards).

FYI: I googled it (interesting/makes sense)

Dave72 · 2009-08-26, 05:14 AM

Dang, you guys made me dig out the old book i kept my computer purchasing details in. Starting in 1988, I paid about $200 for each modem 'step'.. 300 to 1200 to 2400. In 1990 I found a 'sale' at a Radio Shack in Minnesota .. a 9600bps modem.. listed for $1030.. on sale for $412. I still remember walking thru that mall feeling like I had struck a fortune.. lol

The other notable memory I have wrt this subject.. is chatting with my bbs's sysop on the phone many a night.. and debating if this thing they were calling the internet would feel more 'limitless' that his stack of 20 or so cd's full of shareware plus some forums from other networks.

Funny though.. my kids (now 6 and 2) will never know what it was like 'before the net'. To them, it's always existed.

whurlston · 2009-08-26, 06:26 AM

Dave72 Wrote:Funny though.. my kids (now 6 and 2) will never know what it was like 'before the net'. To them, it's always existed.

Yeah, and they will also never know the satisfaction of slamming the phone down on the coupler when you can't get connected. Big Grin

Ah the good old days when Radio Shack actually sold DIY electronics.