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Original Message Date: 27 Nov 91 23:13:12
From: Gary Vedvik on 1:102/1006
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: FIDOHIST.ZIP STRUCT2.ZIP
^AMSGID: 1:102/1006@fidonet.org a5965660
Hiya Tom, I managed fall a little behind in reading the weekly fidonews,
but after catching up and noticing your call for "old-stuff" I couln't
resist shooting off a message to you.
I have a couple of oldies but goodies attached (fidohist and struct2). You
may have already received them from someone else, but what the hell. I
EVEN still have a copy of 2 versions of minitel! Want 'em? I'd be MORE
than happy to ship 'em to ya -- just let me know. Look ma! No stamps!
minitel exe 44928 06-05-85 12:33p
minitel2 exe 45056 01-23-85 9:55a
Pardon me while I walk down memory lane in your mail-box. :)
I remember using these two programs for quite a while. I loved them --
mostly for their simplicity. I think they were also a partial motivator
for me to teach myself C. The phone book lookup was great and to date I
still don't know of a (strictly) telecommunications program that uses
anything like it. I'm refering to the string search.
I remember using Fido v7m (I think that was it). I had just started
getting interested in modeming (is that a verb?) using RBBS and stumbled
upon this funky program called Fido. I couldn't resist running it. It
was so -- different from the other (few) BBS's out there. I immediately
applied to you for a node number -- node 52 it was. I think node 51
belonged to one of the guys in St.Louis! Wasn't it Ken Kaplin -- or was
that Ben Baker?
Tom its all your fault! I blame you for getting me hooked on BBSing and
being involved with the network in my corner of the world from that point
on. Its all your fault -- and I can't thank you enough. :)
Let me know if ya want those 2 versions of minitel and I'll send 'em right
away.
BTW, any news on the video cassettes of FidoCon? (Flashback! I remember
seeing a single column article in SOME rag that had your picture in it.)
Sorry, I didn't keep that one. :)
Anyway, I've always wanted to see the faces behind the messages. I'd love
to go some year. Maybe FidoCon can be held in Vegas some year, or better
yet here in southern california!
Gary...