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CONNECT 2400/ARQ
CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
02/17/93 23:37:24

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02/15/93,23:04:17,228882,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#46076,
E#46077,
E#46078,
E#46079,13
02/15/93,23:24:33,228883,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,
E#46080,2
02/16/93,00:42:56,228884,3,JOHN WILKERSON,,12
]THANK YOU WARD FOR HAM INFO
JOHN WILKERSON,
02/16/93,00:58:14,228885,2,ROBERT KLEEMAN,WILMETTE,3
02/16/93,03:59:40,228886,1,STANLEY KROL,Chicagi Il,6
02/16/93,11:26:15,228887,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,
E#46081,13
02/16/93,14:31:16,228888,2,DAVID HAGEN,,1
02/16/93,15:22:43,228889,1,ALLEN NELSON,,8
02/16/93,16:48:30,228890,2,PETE CALOV,,
02/16/93,19:39:33,228891,2,ALEX ZELL,,4
]ALEX ZELL,
02/16/93,19:49:19,228892,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,2
02/16/93,20:27:18,228893,2,ED FLINN,Norwalk/ CT,2
02/16/93,20:53:21,228894,1,VIKTOR TOTH,Ottawa/ON,11
]Congrats on the anniversary of CBBS (just saw the announcement on BIX).
It really does feel like looking back in time... kinda makes me look
for that 300bps acoustic modem around here somewhere :)
VIKTOR TOTH,
02/17/93,00:07:38,228895,2,STEVE FARMILANT,,2
02/17/93,08:43:16,228896,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,1
02/17/93,09:51:36,228897,2,MIKE SULIN,Berwyn/IL,4
02/17/93,14:11:10,228898,2,FRANCIS WDZIEF,[D,9
02/17/93,14:17:13,228899,1,BRUNO RUSSO,,4
02/17/93,15:42:10,228900,2,DENNIS STAHL,,9
02/17/93,16:55:40,228901,2,TONY ANTONUCCI,,
E#46082,
E#46083,7
]Party went well Ward! Roy Lipscomb & I ended up talking until
about 10:00pm!
TONY ANTONUCCI,
02/17/93,19:45:08,228902,2,TIM KOHLER,frankfort/ill,
02/17/93,19:55:17,228903,2,KEN STOX,,
E#46084,
E#46085,22
]well, once again, for the gazillionth time, I missed the anniversary
party. I hope a good time was had by all.
KEN STOX,
02/17/93,21:17:15,228904,3,STEVE FARMILANT,,1
02/17/93,21:29:37,228905,2,CYRUS PATEL,,4
02/17/93,21:54:05,228906,2,BILL MATTSON,,2
02/17/93,23:37:28,228907,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
46076 02/15/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => PHILLIP HELLER: "R/GOOD JOB & CONGRATULATIONS"
46077 02/15/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => LYNN ANDERSON: "R/ALL 2400 MODEMS EQUAL?"
46078 02/15/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "CBBS ANSWERING"
46079 02/15/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => CHARLIE KESTNER: "MISSED YOU!"
46080 02/15/93 MICHAEL SHARTIAG => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "CONNECTS"
46081 02/16/93 LYNN ANDERSON => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/ALL 2400 MODEMS EQUAL?"
46082 02/17/93 TONY ANTONUCCI => ROY LIPSCOMB: "PHOTOS"
46083 02/17/93 TONY ANTONUCCI => ALL: "CBBS PARTY"
46084 02/17/93 KEN STOX => DONNIE STUHLMAN: "YOWZA!"
46085 02/17/93 KEN STOX => PREET JESRANI: "RAVE PARTIES"

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Msg 46076 is 02 line(s) on 02/15/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to PHILLIP HELLER re: R/GOOD JOB & CONGRATULATIONS

 Thanks! CBBS is far from the best - but yes, it is the oldest (grin).
We had a great pizza-party celebrating the 15th anniversary last Sat.

Msg 46077 is 21 line(s) on 02/15/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to LYNN ANDERSON re: R/ALL 2400 MODEMS EQUAL?

 That sounds strage! Are you using software that doesn't give you
feedback as to how it connected? For example, when I call CBBS, I'm
just using "dumb terminal mode", and I see this:
 "CONNECT 2400/ARQ"
so I know what speed I'm going. What COULD be happening is that you are
calling into - this is unlikely - a 1200 baud system, that supports
MNP, and with one modem you're going "true" 1200, with the other, you're
going 1200 but with MNP that supports compression, and your modem, at
2400, CAN compress data and get more than 2400.
 There is no program to "test' a modem that I can think of. What you
might do is something that takes a given time - like "help files" on
CBBS, that will, if I'm remembering right, type out a few pages of
"stuff" (or better - the "B" command - bulletin). This will type about
40 lines. You'll need a stopwatch. OF COURSE, it could be that you
don't SEE a speed diff with CBBS but only with some other system.
 Modems are inherently a VERY slow device when you're talking 1200
or 2400 - after all, with things like LapLink, your PC can do 115,000
baud, so it is really just waiting for the data to be sent.
 Could you have some modem profiles set differently - like parity
on one and not the other? But that would account for only one bit in
10, or 10%.

Msg 46078 is 09 line(s) on 02/15/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to ALL re: CBBS ANSWERING

 About a week ago CBBS stopped hanging up when you were done, and
powering off/on the modem and fiddling with cables seemed to fix it.
 Also I was having trouble connecting at the right speed - I always
come in at 2400, but would often get a 1200 or 300 connection - had to
modify my script to hang up and try again. Lately it has always been
2400 - but not enough to "PROVE" it.
 Curious for your recent experiences.
 Thanks!
 P.S. Tomorrow (Feb 16) is the "official" 15th birthday anniversary of CBBS.

Msg 46079 is 02 line(s) on 02/15/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to CHARLIE KESTNER re: MISSED YOU!

 Wish you could have made it to the party! Tony Antonucci & Alex
Zell were there. Sorry, I should have called you personally.

Msg 46080 is 02 line(s) on 02/15/93 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: CONNECTS

Ward,
 I had a 1200 connect last night (2/14) verses 2400 which I dialed at.

Msg 46081 is 09 line(s) on 02/16/93 from LYNN ANDERSON
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/ALL 2400 MODEMS EQUAL?

Thanks for your reply Ward, I don't think the problem is in
the software setup only because the only thing I change is the
com port, all other settings are the same. I do this with
TAPCIS, GEnie Aladdin and Qmodem, I can actually see the msgs
being typed to the screen much slower with the internal modem,
and the connect times also increase for basically the same # of
msgs. I did find a modem testing program call Modem Doctor Ver 4.0
and it gave me a couple of error msgs, so I think I'll call the
mfg. and talk to them. Thanks again for your reply and this BBS.

Msg 46082 is 03 line(s) on 02/17/93 from TONY ANTONUCCI
to ROY LIPSCOMB re: PHOTOS

I still have not "developed" the pictures from the CBBS b-day
party. I will "real soon now" and leave you a message here as
to when. Good talking to ya last Sat.!

Msg 46083 is 03 line(s) on 02/17/93 from TONY ANTONUCCI
to ALL re: CBBS PARTY

To anyone I missed. Sorry for my tardy arrival last Sat.
An associate from Boston came in and we had to work on Sat.
as he was flying out Sun morning. See ya @ the 16th!

Msg 46084 is 15 line(s) on 02/17/93 from KEN STOX
to DONNIE STUHLMAN re: YOWZA!

Donnie,
 It has been a very long time. I'm right up the road from you in
Bannockburn. I'm currently renting my body to A.C. Nielsen. As for the
real topic of discussion, I believe that we still have a long way to go
before we reach the fundamental limits of the universe with just known
materials. To date, developments in silicon technology has been so fast
that other semiconductor ( and for that matter, superconductor )
technologies have not been able to catch up in terms of speed/price/
pation. [ eg. Gallium Arsenide, Josephen effect, etc.] Once
silicon tops off ( of course, I remember predictions of this in the
1970's), one or more others will probably surpass and replace it. Even
now, silicon seems to be evading death once again, by the use of lower
voltages. If someone really wanted to, I'm sure that they could build
a freon ( how about environmentally safe halogen compound ) cooled
XXX86 machine ala Cray's Cray II.

Msg 46085 is 05 line(s) on 02/17/93 from KEN STOX
to PREET JESRANI re: RAVE PARTIES

I hate to be the harbinger of bad news, but rave is dead. It came, it
saw, it left. And just where did you get the idea that someone on this
honorable, and respectable, information exchange would even contemplate
going to a party where people consume hallucinagenic compounds and
dance to loud music past dawn???
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