{"id":32630,"date":"2024-02-03T00:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=32630"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:18:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:18:18","slug":"digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-10-mrgco-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-10-mrgco-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #10 \u2013 MRGCO.DOC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmbt7ArCQ39zUHcTQWf91uS9PeKLwNrxPWh22myzD2DSXE\/2018-07-2009.36.39_1.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A summary for those that haven&#8217;t been keeping up with this series:<\/p>\n<p>I found a number of 5.25&#8243; disks at a thrift store a number of years ago (we are talking late 1990s probably). I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25&#8243; disk drive and extracting the contents a several years back. Since then I have been occasionally posting the content here.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie who used to run the \u201cClose Encounters\u201d Special Interest Group (SIG) on Delphi in the mid 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: &#8220;This SIG, known as &#8216;Close Encounters&#8217;, is a forum for the discussion of relationships that develop via computer services like the Source, CompuServe, and Delphi. Our primary emphasis is on the sexual aspects of those relationships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used on your computer to dial in to Delphi\u2019s servers. Many of these disks have forum messages, e-mails and chat session logs. All of this is pre-internet stuff and I don\u2019t know if there are any archives in existence today of what was on Delphi in the 1980s. In any case, much of this stuff would have been private at the time and probably wouldn&#8217;t be in such archives even if they existed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_1.png 406w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_1-300x287.png 300w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_1-125x120.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_2.png 399w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_2-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_2-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/disk_013_2-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This post includes the contents of MRGCO.DOC. This appears to be a chat log in a conference labeled &#8220;Manager&#8217;s Conference&#8221;. The subject seems to be about recent reliability problems that Delphi was having at the time. Based on the discussion, it sounds like it was a problem with whatever DEC machines Delphi was run on having problems with frequent crashes for various reason. While the date on the file is clearly invalid, a date in the chat log itself indicates this is from September 28th 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the header and the menu at the end, it looks like this chat log was being sent by Connie to herself via MCI mail. I&#8217;m not sure why as previous similar logs on these disks look like they were captured directly. Maybe in this case it was originally captured by someone else&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>See the previous post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/12\/31\/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-10-morthove-doc\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<br \/>\nMRGCO.DOC<br \/>\n===<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mgrco1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"893\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mgrco1.png 648w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mgrco1-218x300.png 218w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mgrco1-87x120.png 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>=-=-=-=-=-<\/p>\n<hr>\n<pre>From:     Connie Buys \/ MCI ID: 115-1075\n\nTO:       cbuys \nSubject:  mgrs co\n\n** deb! just joined 1 (6 members now) **\n\/w\nGROUP LIST:   12:02:07\n1)  1\n      JSP, ptr, Myself, Dick, Randy, deb!\n - idle\nAVAILABLE LIST: () = in conf\n   (DEB), (RANDYH), (ELLISCO), (JSP), (PEABO), (JOHNMYSELF)\n------ [6 in this area]\n.Randy&gt; HI sweets.\n.deb!&gt; ** New group name \"MANAGER'S CONFERENCE\" selected **\n.ptr&gt; hi folks ... be with you soon from Delphi world hq\n.Myself&gt; lo deb\n.deb!&gt; Hello folkses!\n.deb!&gt;\n** JOHNWG just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (7 members now) **\n** SOFTAFFAIR just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (8 members now) **\n.Myself&gt; lo john\n.Myself&gt; et al\n.Bryan&gt; Hi, all!\n** ^Dave^. just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (9 members now) **\n\/time\n28-SEP-1985 12:03:56\n11 minutes (0h 10m 22s)\n.^Dave^.&gt; Beep?\nJOHNWG&gt; good afternoon all\n.deb!&gt; G'Mornin' Gib, long time, no talk, eh?\nJOHNWG&gt; close deb\n.ptr&gt; I am logging the conference, and a transcript will be posted\n.Bryan&gt; Hiya, John.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Am I here?\nJOHNWG&gt; yup\n.ptr&gt; you sure re ^^\n.Bryan&gt; Yes, Dave.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Whew!\n\/n Myself - CLE\n.deb!&gt; Peter....you are not affected by ROCO on a local line, then?\n.^Dave^.&gt; JohnWG, must RUN at 13:15\n\/w\nGROUP LIST:   12:05:48\n1)  MANAGER'S CONFERENCE\n      JSP, ptr, Myself - CLE, Dick, Randy, deb!, JOHNWG, Bryan, ^Dave^.\n - idle\nAVAILABLE LIST: () = in conf\n   (MORTIMER), (SOFTAFFAIR), (DEB), (RANDYH), (ELLISCO), (JSP), (PEABO),\n  (JOHNWG), (JOHNMYSELF)\n------ [9 in this area]\n.ptr&gt; no, ROCO has something to o with the packet interface ... Kip thinks he\n  has figured out what, now he has to get the software vendor to fix it!\nJOHNWG&gt; got you dave, I will be down in the baltimore area on the 8 thru the\n  10th of october.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Ho ho! You know my number!!! And where!\nJOHNWG&gt; ok, yup and I will call you about 5 days ahead to schedule a time.\nJOHNWG&gt; you all what to get started?\n.Myself - CLE&gt; please do.\n.Bryan&gt; I'm ready.\n.deb!&gt; yes, Sir! *SweetSalute!*\n.^Dave^.&gt; START already!\nJOHNWG&gt; OK, there are several things I want to discuss here...\nJOHNWG&gt; 1, I want you to know about what delphi is doing to get the system\n  working on a frequent basis.\nJOHNWG&gt; 2.  I want you to know about how I would like you to interface with\n  peabo and ellisco in the insiders and ztest.\nJOHNWG&gt; 3.  I want you to know that software improvements will start to become\n  swift and very atuned to what you want.\nJOHNWG&gt; 4.  lastly, I want you to know that I am aware of your concerns about\n  the system ....\nJOHNWG&gt; and that dan, kip, and now DEC are doing everything possible to clear\n  this up quickly.\n** Allan just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (10 members now) **\n.ptr&gt; hi allan\n.Allan&gt; Hi everyone\nJOHNWG&gt; Dan sent a letter to the Pres of DEC and in so many words stated that\n  DEC's lack...\nJOHNWG&gt; of support was killing delphi.  He responded quickly!\nJOHNWG&gt; Every day, (last week ) there was a person from dec here...\nJOHNWG&gt; every nite the system crashed, it was something different.\nJOHNWG&gt; Believe this or not, one crash was due to a line paper feed on the\n  750!!!\n.Allan&gt; (Is this being logged?)\n.ptr&gt; &lt;allan, yes&gt;\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;yes&gt;\nJOHNWG&gt; How nuts can it get???\n.deb!&gt; (don't ask, Gib!)\nJOHNWG&gt; another time the packet switching software was a cause.  Dec...\nJOHNWG&gt; for got to tell us that we needed to upgrade a rom in the system to run\n  the...\nJOHNWG&gt; new psi software.  Nobody has written any of this down nor has anyone...\nJOHNWG&gt; been exposed to this.  Again nuts!!!!\nJOHNWG&gt; sometimes we feel that dec just started in this business.\nJOHNWG&gt; well anyway, the software is settling  down but not as fast as any of us\nwant...\nJOHNWG&gt; Dan, kip and myself have been trying to give you enhancements quickly\n  now...\nJOHNWG&gt; but the last month or so has been a little crazy here.\nJOHNWG&gt; That leads me to the next topic.  Peabo and Ellisco...\nJOHNWG&gt; I am planning to give Peabo certain priv's to the system to increase\n  the...\nJOHNWG&gt; response to you...\nJOHNWG&gt; and with Dick Evans as his helper (ellisco)...\nJOHNWG&gt; I would like to have them coordinate the problems you are having and\n  sometimes...\nJOHNWG&gt; even fix them.\n.deb!&gt; Wow!!!!\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;fixes would be nice&gt;\nJOHNWG&gt; We have the new forms software in the announcements area here on\n  Insiders and\nJOHNWG&gt; I hope that it can be used for bug reports to be concise.\nJOHNWG&gt; I have put in the sm area SETUP  way for you to be able to edit\n  nmagreement &amp;\nJOHNWG&gt; nonmember welcome message.\nJOHNWG&gt; we now have a way that the default editor for each sig can be\n  established.\nJOHNWG&gt; and by wednesday, each memberr will be able to set that.\nJOHNWG&gt; I have also put in several features to oldie.\nJOHNWG&gt; dan has been working hard to get the bugs out of forums.  That should be\nJOHNWG&gt; done hopefully by wednesday.\nJOHNWG&gt; to roco has to do with the psi (as I understand) and kip is working on\n  that.\nJOHNWG&gt; well gang, I am going to shut up and listen to you now .\n.Bryan&gt; How about the problem with extra linefeeds?\n.Myself - CLE&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; yup, kip and I were talking about that and we have several ways to fix\n  that...\nJOHNWG&gt; One is to set up an area on the main and sig main (set defaults) for\n  that.\nJOHNWG&gt; secondly...\nJOHNWG&gt; on online sigups, allow the user to be able to set those there....\nJOHNWG&gt; I think the combo of those should take care of it.\n.Bryan&gt; OK, thanks.\n.ptr&gt; it eems to me that the best approach is the default settings menu, since\n  no user wll understand at the time of online signup what his options mean\nJOHNWG&gt; go ahead john\n.Myself - CLE&gt; thank you Mr. G\n.Myself - CLE&gt; question...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; do you have any idea when all network links ..\n.Myself - CLE&gt; tymnet et al will be able to talk to each other inco?\nJOHNWG&gt; no, not really, kip has to take one major problem at a time, to\n  confuse...\nJOHNWG&gt; the two could only compond the problem.  so instead, he has decided\n  to...\nJOHNWG&gt; keep them seperate, it is easier for him to debug then.\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;thank you&gt;\n.^Dave^.&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; not what you wanted to here, but it is the truth.\nJOHNWG&gt; yes dave.\n.^Dave^.&gt; When we aren't able to access via nets ...\n.^Dave^.&gt; but ARE via direct connect ....\n.^Dave^.&gt; do you want it reported? and if so to whom? Or are you well aware\n  already??? ....\n.^Dave^.&gt; This morning at 02:00 is a case in point. end\nJOHNWG&gt; we know whenever a tymnet or uninet goes down (looses connection to\n  us)...\nJOHNWG&gt; but I would like a log report of it to go into insiders via (forms).\nJOHNWG&gt; that is one...\nJOHNWG&gt; thing that is apparent to me...\nJOHNWG&gt; to get  the response and control is owning our own network.  We are\n  starting that...\nJOHNWG&gt; on the other hand.  there are problems with that.  Rome wasn't built in\n  a day.  but we are heading that way.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Okay, thanks [have two cans and thread to contribute] end\nJOHNWG&gt; thanks dave.\nJOHNWG&gt; I have given dick evans and peabo several topics that I need to get your\ninput...\nJOHNWG&gt; on.  They are how you want us to implement certain things like managers\n  delete ...\nJOHNWG&gt; of mass messages (how to archive them ) and where you want them to go\n  etc.\nJOHNWG&gt; You will see these shortly in the insiders and would appreciate if you\n  put..\nJOHNWG&gt; your two cents in on each.  It is very important that these commands\n  get...\nJOHNWG&gt; taken care of soon.\nJOHNWG&gt; ga.\n.^Dave^.&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; go dave\n.^Dave^.&gt; In our last phonecon ...\n.^Dave^.&gt; you indicated OLDIE would soon be scrapped and I said as much here on\n  Forum ...\n.^Dave^.&gt; has that now changed??? EDT is a BUNDLE to learn!! ga\nJOHNWG&gt; peabo and dick will be working on creating a simple straight forward...\nJOHNWG&gt; help file that we can publish.  as far as oldie.  I am trying to\n  improve...\nJOHNWG&gt; on it, just because I think there needs to be a choice...\nJOHNWG&gt; that leads me into another topic...\n.deb!&gt; *StandingOvation*\nJOHNWG&gt; I want to produce a type of command card for each sig.  Color coded\n  and...\nJOHNWG&gt; specific to each sig.  That way, both you and delphi can send them or\n  give them ...\nJOHNWG&gt; out as needed.  Also, I am going to order business cards for each sig\n  manager.\nJOHNWG&gt; ga.\n.Bryan&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; ga bryan\n.^Dave^.&gt; Need business cards for Princeton by 11 Oct!!!\nJOHNWG&gt; Ok dave, I will bring them down to you.\n.Bryan&gt; How about sending us some blank Delphi stationary, too?\nJOHNWG&gt; not a bad idea.  Never thought about it.  Also thou, I am considering...\nJOHNWG&gt; giving each sig manager a series of free usernames that they can pass\n  out...\nJOHNWG&gt; for demo's and for individuals to see the service and you could then...\nJOHNWG&gt; converse with them on the system.\n.Bryan&gt; That would be great!...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;very good idea&gt;\n.Bryan&gt; Regarding the stationary, there are times when\n.Bryan&gt; I want to correspond with someone, but writing on a blank piece\n.Bryan&gt; paper doesn't look too swift.\nJOHNWG&gt; I will check into it Bryan.\n.Bryan&gt; Thanks.\n** NJOHNSON just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (11 members now) **\nNJOHNSON&gt; Hi\n.ptr&gt; &lt;hi nancy&gt;\n\/s njohnson hi nance\nJOHNWG&gt; anyone else  got a question?\n.Allan&gt; q\n.Allan&gt; This may have been covered in Forum before, but I'm new, so...\nNJOHNSON&gt; Do i have a bad connection\nJOHNWG&gt; ga allan, sorry about today but I had to get uninet working.  The storm\n  did some goofie things.  And I spent the nite here.\n.Allan&gt; Is there anything that can be done to get rid of the VT100 formatting\n  codes...\n\/s njohnson i read you ok.\n.Allan&gt; that appear at the beginning of forum &amp; mail messages?  Even tho\n  terminal...\n.ptr&gt; you mean the clear screen messages in Forum?\n.Allan&gt; type is specified as Unknown they still appear and look bad.  [No\n  problem,...\n.Allan&gt; John, we'd like to have you next month tho!]  Yeah, I think that's it\n  Ptr. ga\n.deb!&gt; ((I have a comment))\nJOHNWG&gt; I think that with the proper set defaults (like cis has) it should\n  remedy that.\nJOHNWG&gt; just one deb?\nNJOHNSON&gt; Be back have to redial\n.deb!&gt; (for a change, eh?)\nNJOHNSON&gt; - signed off -\n.deb!&gt; Want everyone else to know, I'm revising all our member help files to\n  reflect new changes, new commands and new understandings.  will post here \n  when we are done.\nJOHNWG&gt; allan did that answer your question ok?\nJOHNWG&gt; thanks deb.  Much appreciated.\n.Bryan&gt; Thanks, Deb!\n.Allan&gt; Not really--are you saying it's fixable NOW, or that Set Defaults will\n  be\n.Allan&gt; changed?  ga\n.^Dave^.&gt; Deb, I've been waiting to know what we've ended up with!!!\nJOHNWG&gt; I am saying that set defaults will be changed.  and soon.\n.deb!&gt; ?....now I have a question.\n.Allan&gt; OK thanks.\nJOHNWG&gt; yes deb\n.deb!&gt; the new MAIL makes a bloody mess with your disk space, and storage\n  charges...\nJOHNWG&gt; you bet.  Calling it a mess is an understatement.  I think that a new\n  command...\n.deb!&gt; I understand it is probably a DEC plot to sell more disks, but what can\n  we tell the users?  they should not have to be charged for it when MAIL.MAI\n  keeps their deleted mails.\n** DEOGBURN just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (11 members now) **\n.ptr&gt; &lt;hi chris&gt;\nJOHNWG&gt; card explaining in detail will help matters,  I want to mail that out\n  to...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;very much in agreement on that one&gt;\nJOHNWG&gt; all users.\n.Bryan&gt; ?\n.deb!&gt; I posted an announcement with simple COMPRESS\/DELETE instructions.\nJOHNWG&gt; no actually, they thought it would be easier.  But again, they don't\n  deal...\nJOHNWG&gt; with users like we do.\n.deb!&gt; thanks...ga\n.Bryan&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; yes bryan\n.Bryan&gt; How do you feel about Sysops accessing the system during Prime Time?\nJOHNWG&gt; if it needs to be done then do it.  Simple huh, it is just to bull \nshit, don't do it.\n.^Dave^.&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; yes dave.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Will members acquired since April '85 ....\n.^Dave^.&gt; get the new Delphi Manual gratus when it's ready Jul '87 ???\n.^Dave^.&gt; ga\nJOHNWG&gt; I can't answer that dave, I don't know, really the expense of that is\n  not...\nJOHNWG&gt; the manual but instead, the postage.\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;how abt an on-line you copy it yourself approack?&gt;\n.Bryan&gt; - signed off -\n.^Dave^.&gt; Ummmm, thanks. end\nJOHNWG&gt; I do have some thoughts on the user guide and I have talked to dick\n  evans about..\n.ptr&gt; myself - how about online shopping to order an update at a \"reasonable\"\n  cost ?\nJOHNWG&gt; that,  One is that we take it out of in house and have a publisher do\n  it.\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;also a good idea ptr&gt;\n.Myself - CLE&gt; ?\n** SOFTAFFAIR just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (11 members now) **\nJOHNWG&gt; I agree with peabo, I think that command cards specific to the users\n  needs...\nJOHNWG&gt; would be the cheaper and easier way.\nJOHNWG&gt; take for instance, if a non member of delphi calls us and asks for\n  info...\nJOHNWG&gt; about delphi and we then ask some specific info like what micro and\n  interests...\nJOHNWG&gt; he\/she has and give them a list of what is currently available, we\n  could,...\n.Randy&gt; - signed off -\n** NJOHNSON just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (11 members now) **\n\/s njohnson wlcm back\nJOHNWG&gt; send several command cards out to them explaining in detail their\n  interests.ga\n.Myself - CLE&gt; john...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; on the idea of the user guide...\nJOHNWG&gt; yes john\n.Myself - CLE&gt; if the system had an on-line version that you could..\n.Myself - CLE&gt; load in text or xmodem format &lt;either&gt;...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; then you could link it up to the user's bill,  allowing\n.Myself - CLE&gt; the actual transfer to occur only after the users says..\n.ptr&gt; i am considering the idea of a Form that a user can ask a question and if\n  it ...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; yes I want to buy it and bill my account...\n.Myself - CLE&gt; you have one copy,..\n.Myself - CLE&gt; relatively easy to maintain.\n.Myself - CLE&gt; ga\n.ptr&gt; is one of a set of commonly asked problems, we mail the answer to him\n  automatically ...\n.ptr&gt; and this could be done in a free area in the SIG\nJOHNWG&gt; or in an area where the question is directed at.\nNJOHNSON&gt;  deogburn send me log ok?\n.ptr&gt; &lt;nancy, there is an official transcript to be posted in the database here&gt;\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; A free area to report problems is a good suggestion.\nNJOHNSON&gt; Good i have a bad connection\n** RANDYH just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (12 members now) **\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; John, any progress on the direct phone lines?\nJOHNWG&gt; yes bryan, slow but steady.  Have some problems that I have to overcome.\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; John, one last question....\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Are we driving Kelly crazy yet?\nJOHNWG&gt; no I don't think so, but on the good news, shortly if you have a\n  problem,...\nJOHNWG&gt; all you will have to do is relay the problem to peabo and he will be\n  able...\nJOHNWG&gt; to fix it.\n.ptr&gt; [or go crazy] &lt;grin&gt;\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; That's great. Thanks.\nJOHNWG&gt; anybody else, we have run out of beer here!\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Thanks for all the info, John!\nNJOHNSON&gt; Ya thanks John\nJOHNWG&gt; I will be holding these co's at least bi monthly to keep you all up to\n  date and...\n.Randy&gt; Nothing else up here.\nJOHNWG&gt; the progress, and tell you about your suggestions and when they will be\n  completed.\nNJOHNSON&gt; Good\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;excellent&gt;\n.^Dave^.&gt; ?\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Much appreciated!\nJOHNWG&gt; Thanks everybody for being here.  Keep up the faith.   I am!!\n.Myself - CLE&gt; &lt;dave has a question up&gt;\nJOHNWG&gt; yes dave.\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Dave woke up!\n.^Dave^.&gt; John, comment akshully ....\n.^Dave^.&gt; it is a great RELIEF to know that the ....\n.^Dave^.&gt; delphian Grand Wumpi don't think all is peachee keen!!!\n.^Dave^.&gt; thanks!!!\nJOHNWG&gt; Dave, that is an understatement and the Grand Wumpi think everything\n  stinks now and are working...\nJOHNWG&gt; day and night to get it smelling like a rose.\n.^Dave^.&gt; Whew!\n.^Dave^.&gt; [Note, I've been connected in CO for 67 minutes!]\nJOHNWG&gt; that is one reason I drove no stop from D.C. to Boston Wednesday night.\n  Get things rolling strong.\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; I noticed that SCORPIA officially bid farewell to CISQ\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; \"CIS\"!\nJOHNWG&gt; well I guess that is it for now.  Again, I appreciate all your efforts.\n\/tim\n28-SEP-1985 13:10:38\n78 minutes (1h 17m 3s)\n.Randy&gt; ?\nJOHNWG&gt; see you all later.  Thanks\n.Allan&gt; [John, can we talk before you go about my SIG?]\n.deb!&gt; Bye John! *SweetAffections*\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Bye, John!\n.^Dave^.&gt; bye bye all, me RUN too!\n.Randy&gt; - signed off -\nJOHNWG&gt; allan, how about giving me a call in about 2 hours.\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; Have fun, Dave!\n.^Dave^.&gt; - signed off -\n.Allan&gt; ok  THANKS for your efforts!\nDEOGBURN&gt; - signed off -\nJOHNWG&gt; randy, you got a question?\n\/w\nGROUP LIST:   13:12:09\n1)  MANAGER'S CONFERENCE\n      JSP, ptr, Myself - CLE, Dick, deb!, JOHNWG, Allan, SOFTAFFAIR, NJOHNSON\n2)  SIG CONFERENCE\n      deb!, JSP\n - idle\n      ^Dave^., DEOGBURN\nAVAILABLE LIST: () = in conf\n   (NJOHNSON), (ATRICK), (SOFTAFFAIR), (MORTIMER), (DEB), (DEOGBURN), (ELLISCO),\n  (JSP), (PEABO), (JOHNWG), (JOHNMYSELF)\n------ [11 in this area]\n.Dick&gt; he signed off, enroute to TIIN.\nJOHNWG&gt; ok, bye all\nJOHNWG&gt; - signed off -\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; - signed off -\n.Dick&gt; - signed off -\n.Allan&gt; question for anyone remaining: ??\nNJOHNSON&gt; bye\n.ptr&gt; - signed off -\nNJOHNSON&gt; - signed off -\n** SOFTAFFAIR just joined MANAGER'S CONFERENCE (5 members now) **\n.Allan&gt; bryan, i think everyone split\nSOFTAFFAIR&gt; What happened to RONL? Did he move back to CIS?\n\/w\nGROUP LIST:   13:14:04\n1)  MANAGER'S CONFERENCE\n      JSP, Myself - CLE, deb!, Allan, SOFTAFFAIR\n2)  SIG CONFERENCE\n      deb!, JSP\n - idle\nAVAILABLE LIST: () = in conf\n   (ATRICK), (SOFTAFFAIR), (DEB), DEOGBURN, (JSP), PEABO, (JOHNMYSELF)\n------ [7 in this area]\n.Allan&gt; huh?\n\n\n \nYou may enter:\n\nREAD       to read your DRAFT\nREAD PAPER to read your DRAFT for paper\nEDIT       to correct your DRAFT\nSEND       Postal delivery for paper; instant electronic delivery\nSEND ONITE OVERNIGHT courier for paper; PRIORITY electronic delivery\nSEND 4HOUR FOUR-HOUR courier for paper; PRIORITY electronic delivery\nHELP       for assistance\n\nCommand (or MENU or EXIT):\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A summary for those that haven&#8217;t been keeping up with this series: I found a number of 5.25&#8243; disks at a thrift store a number of years ago (we are talking late 1990s probably). 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