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Old 02-23-2006, 03:15 PM   #20
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bartman
I don't post a lot, but I think we all should give props to UT, still going strong after all these years.
Especially those of us who used to reach it by dialing directly into one of four lines ...when it was running on what...a 486? And it was the low-cost way to gain access to Usenet, which arrived via uucp every so often?

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<code>07/93 215-539-3043^ cellar Trooper/Oaks PA 300-FAST 24
DTK 486/33, SCO Unix 3.2, Waffle BBS - The Cellar BBS, no shell; USR
Dual-Standard modems, five lines and growing. BBS is free; net news
(full feed) and net mail by subscription. $10/mo, $55/6-mo, or $90/yr.
Fancies itself to be more of a colorful "electonic community" than the
best plug into the net, and as such, it features a lively local message
base. But it also generally carries the latest Linux distribution,
just to prove it hasn't forgotten its hacker roots.
Contact: Tony Shepps (toad@cellar.org)..
</code>
OK...*five* lines.
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