| Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #406566] |
Sat, 20 March 2021 20:44  |
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Originally posted by: Myles Skinner
I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle of traffic.
I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.
I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.
The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk archives.. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*
Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to revisit...
ms
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| Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #406572 is a reply to message #406566] |
Sat, 20 March 2021 14:20  |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Daniel.Path
Hello Myles,
20 Mar 21 17:44, you wrote to All:
MS> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a
MS> long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.
MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain
MS> the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was
MS> fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email
MS> address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.
MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
MS> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many
MS> shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*
MS> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM
MS> converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but
MS> nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to
MS> revisit...
there are a huge amount of fans on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoresixtyfour/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC20
interesting things here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/513477459005363
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreinternationalhistor icalsociety/
regards,
--
Daniel
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| Re: Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #406576 is a reply to message #406572] |
Sat, 20 March 2021 13:36 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Gary.McCulloch
You can also check out the conversations on a Commodore BBS. Check out
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| Still here? I'm kinda imp [message #406591 is a reply to message #406566] |
Sat, 20 March 2021 22:32 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Ed.Vance
03-20-21 17:44 Myles Skinner wrote to All about Still here? I'm kinda imp
Howdy! Miles,
I've always read info amout CBM topics on a BBS echo.
Try looking at:
www.zimmers.net
There ARE all kinds of CBM pages there.
MS> @MSGID: <6056B7B1.3891.cbm@capitolcityonline.net>
MS> I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to
MS> see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle
MS> of traffic.
MS> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long
MS> time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.
MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain
MS> the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was
MS> fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address
MS> that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.
MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
MS> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many
MS> shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*
MS> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM
MS> converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but
MS> nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to
MS> revisit...
I won't ever finish doing the things on my ROUNDTUIT list.
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
.... Have you checked your smoke detector batteries & Fire Ext, LATELY?!
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| Re: Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #406605 is a reply to message #406566] |
Mon, 22 March 2021 11:38 |
Jim Brain
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On 3/20/2021 7:44 PM, Myles Skinner wrote:
> I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle of traffic.
>
> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.
>
> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.
>
> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
>
> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*
>
> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to revisit...
>
> ms
>
There's quite a few Facebook groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoresixtyfour/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2503729026388481/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/12451061691/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC20/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/782660058734927/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreinternationalhistor icalsociety/
Discord has quite a few servers/channels
(I'd do a search, it's harder for me to link them)
There's a few forums besides Lemon:
http://www.sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/
https://everythingc64.boards.net/
https://c-128.freeforums.net/
http://www.melon64.com/forum/index.php
https://atariage.com/forums/
https://www.commodore.ca/forum/
https://www.forum64.de/ (great info, German language, so fire up Google
Translate to participate if needed)
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?21-Commodore& ;s=158f05fcd0d49f8420ef1ed73d4fb478
Kinda: https://thec64community.online/ (it's for the TheC64 retro product)
IRC has a few servers/channels for the 64, on freenode and ircnet and efnet
Jim
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Jim Brain, brain@jbrain.com
RETRO Innovations: Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems
www.go4retro.com
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| Re: Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #406901 is a reply to message #406566] |
Thu, 01 April 2021 00:57 |
Clocky
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Registered: December 2011
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On 21/03/2021 8:44 am, Myles Skinner wrote:
> I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle of traffic.
>
> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.
>
> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.
>
> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
>
> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*
>
> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to revisit...
>
> ms
>
Numerous facebook groups are where it's at.
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| Re: Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #407236 is a reply to message #406572] |
Tue, 06 April 2021 04:05 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Phillip.L.Taylor.Jr
On Sat 20-Mar-2021 17:44 , Myles Skinner@3:770/3.0 wrote:
MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the
MS> North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to
MS> see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I
MS> lost access to about eleventy
MS> billion years ago.
MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"
You can also check out cnetbbs.dynu.net 1940 supporting the Commodore and the
Amiga.
Phil
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| Re: Still here? I'm kinda impressed... [message #408786 is a reply to message #407519] |
Mon, 07 June 2021 19:36 |
Rudolf Harras
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Registered: March 2012
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On 23.04.2021 12:03, Phillip L Taylor Jr wrote:
> On Tue 20-Apr-2021 17:53 , Martin 'martinland' Schemitsch@3:770/3.0 said to
> Jim Brain:
> MS> AREA:CBM
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> MS> #c-64 on ircnet should be
> MS> the longest-running?
>
> Invite only channel.
No.
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