{"id":20864,"date":"2018-08-06T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=20864"},"modified":"2018-08-15T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T22:09:02","slug":"digital-archaeology-codex-floppy-disk-9-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/06\/digital-archaeology-codex-floppy-disk-9-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #9 (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/supload.com\/rk3OXbTN7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.supload.com\/SJxhd7ZTV7.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supload.com\/rk3OXbTN7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.supload.com\/Bk68NbpNm.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/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 several years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25&#8243; disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie A. Buys 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: \u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used to dial in to Delphi\u2019s servers from your computer. 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 exist in such archives even if they existed.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/supload.com\/rk3OXbTN7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.supload.com\/BJ-d93-T4X.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supload.com\/rk3OXbTN7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.supload.com\/ryxu93W64X.png\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This post starts a brand new disk (finally). I don&#8217;t know if there is enough on this disk to match the 20 posts of the last one but there is still plenty here. <\/p>\n<p>This post includes the contents of ANGER.DOC which includes a few e-mails (Delphi style) between Rod and Connie. I assume the name of the document is a reference to the suggested polls in the first message.<\/p>\n<p>See the previous post <a href = \"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/11\/digital-archaeology-codex-floppy-disk-8-part-20\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<br \/>\nANGER.DOC<br \/>\n===<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n\r\nFrom:   BOS1A::RODM        \r\nTo:     CABUYS,RODM        \r\nSubj:   ref letter\r\n\r\nMy Beloved Darling Connie\r\n\r\nIn my letter to sig members I refer to future polls and for you info I am \r\nrefering to the following:\r\n\r\nFuture Polls:\r\n\r\nWhen, in YOUR opinion, does a \"disagreement\" become an \"argument\"?\r\n \r\nWhat causes YOU to \"argue\" the quickest?\r\n \r\nWhat do YOU do to prevent a \"disagreement\" becoming an \"argument\"?\r\n \r\nOnce an \"argument\" starts what do YOU do to stop or end it?\r\n \r\nWhat \"sooths\" you the best following an argument?\r\n \r\nWhat do YOU do to sooth the other person following an argument?\r\n \r\nHow often do YOU and your Love \"argue\"?\r\n \r\nWhat causes YOUR love of someone to, more than normal, 'grow' or 'glow'?\r\n \r\nWhat do YOU do to cause another's love of you to 'grow' or 'glow'?\r\n \r\nHow often do YOU tell your Love \"I LOVE YOU\"?\r\n \r\nHow often does your Love tell you \"I LOVE YOU\"?\r\n \r\nWhat do YOU use most often to SHOW your love?\r\n \r\nIn YOUR opinion, how well do 'words' convey love?\r\n \r\nIn YOUR opinion, how well do 'gifts' convey love?\r\n \r\nIn YOUR opinion, how well do 'actions' convey love?\r\n \r\nIn YOUR opinion, how well does 'sex' convey love?\r\n \r\nWhat, more than anything else, makes YOU feel VERY deeply loved?\r\n \r\nAND MORE !!!! (stay tuned to this channel for future additions and details)\r\n \r\nI  LOVE  YOU  Connie  Buys,  more than words can tell,  more  than  gifts  can \r\nrepresent, more than actions can show, and more than sex can convey.\r\n \r\nSince each or even all of these are not enough how do I send this to you?\r\n \r\nI can only do one thing and that is to GIVE you my love  and, someday soon, as \r\nyou  'unwrap'  this  gift and look inside this love you will find ALL  of  me, \r\nyours to have for the rest of our lives.\u00e8 \r\n.... You're watching \"The Telling of a Love\" brought to you by Love and Life.\r\n \r\n.... Remember!.... Only Love can give you such warmth and Life such adventure!\r\n \r\nTune in next time for more of.... \"The Telling of a Love\".....................\r\n \r\n###### WOW !!! #####\r\n\r\nI THINK MY 'OLD RADIO DAYS' ARE SNEAKING IN HERE !!!!<I like this!!!!)\r\n \r\nI REALLY got carried away!! AND I posted an EDITED version in the Forum!\r\n \r\nI hope you don't mind!!\r\n \r\nI LOVE YOU !!\r\n \r\nLove,\r\n \r\nRod\r\n\r\nMAIL> \r\n\r\n    #94          9-NOV-1985 02:55:08                                 WASTEBASKET\r\nFrom:   BOS1A::RODM        \r\nTo:     CABUYS,RODM        \r\nSubj:   specialxD copy\r\n\r\nMy DELICOUS Darling,\r\n\r\nThi\u2264\u00e1 i\u2264\u00e1 wha\u2320 \u2554 a\u03c6 postin\u03c4 i\u03bc yo\u2321 hav\u03c3 AN\u2518 objection\u2264 DELET\u253c\u00e1 i\u2320 \u00ec\r\nan\u03a3 advis\u03c3 me.\r\nI  hope  you don't mind my sharing a recent message that I suddenly saw to  be \r\nvery  'entertaining' so I am posting a portion of this message here  for  your \r\nhumor or entertainment and hope you enjoy!\r\n \r\n \r\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\r\n                  ( EDITED FOR BROADCAST )\r\n \r\n< MESSAGE >....\r\n \r\n\" AND MORE !!!! (stay tuned to this channel for future additions and details)\r\n \r\nI  LOVE  YOU  ************,  more than words can tell,  more  than  gifts  can \r\nrepresent, more than actions can show, and more than sex can convey.\r\n \r\nSince each or even all of these are not enough how do I send this to you?\r\n \r\nI  can only do one thing and that is to GIVE you my love and as  you  'unwrap' \r\nthis gift and look inside this love you will find ALL of me, yours to have for \r\nthe rest of our lives.\r\n \r\n.... You're watching \"The Telling of a Love\" brought to you by Love and Life.\r\n \r\n.... Remember!.... Only Love can give you such warmth and Life such adventure!\r\n \r\nTune in next time for more of.... \"The Telling of a Love\".....................\r\n \u00e8###### WOW !!! #####\r\nI THINK MY 'OLD RADIO DAYS' ARE SNEAKING IN HERE !!!!<I like this!!!!) \"\r\n \r\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * \r\n \r\n \r\n***  Do NOT contact you local cable operator for this programing but 'tune in' \r\nYOUR Love and you will find the 'local reception' AMAZING!!!!! ****\r\n \r\nNOTE: To make sure that this is NOT seen in a wrong meaning I offer a reminder \r\nthat  this  message  was  written by me in a sincere and  honest  message  but \r\nsuddenly  it  became apparent how humorous this could appear and  it  is  that \r\nsecondary appearance I would like to share with all of you !!\r\n \r\nENJOY!  And laugh with me!\r\n \r\n \r\nSharingly,\r\n \r\nRod\r\n\r\nMAIL> read 91\r\n\r\n    #91          8-NOV-1985 22:23:42                                 WASTEBASKET\r\nFrom:   BOS1A::JOHNMYSELF  \r\nTo:     BOS1A::CABUYS,JOHNMYSELF  \r\nSubj:   RE: sig managers conference\r\n\r\nI  have no objection dear.\r\nI usually open my mouth anyway.\r\n\r\nLove\r\nme\r\n\r\nMAIL> read 94\r\n\r\n    #94          9-NOV-1985 02:55:08                                 WASTEBASKET\r\nFrom:   BOS1A::RODM        \r\nTo:     CABUYS,RODM        \r\nSubj:   specialxD copy\r\n\r\nMy DELICOUS Darling,\r\n\r\nTh~ri}is is what I am posting if you have ANY objections DELETE it and advise me\r\nI  hope  you don't mind my sharing a recent message that I suddenly saw to  be \r\nvery  'entertaining' so I am posting a portion of this message here  for  your \r\nhumor or entertainment and hope you enjoy!\r\n \r\n \r\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\r\n                  ( EDITED FOR BROADCAST )\r\n \r\n< MESSAGE >....\r\n \r\n\" AND MORE !!!! (stay tuned to this channel for future additions and details)\u00e8 \r\nI  LOVE  YOU  ************,  more than words can tell,  more  than  gifts  can \r\nrepresent, more than actions can show, and more than sex can convey.\r\n \r\nSince each or even all of these are not enough how do I send this to you?\r\n \r\nI  can only do one thing and that is to GIVE you my love and as  you  'unwrap' \r\nthis gift and look inside this love you will find ALL of me, yours to have for \r\nthe rest of our lives.\r\n \r\n.... You're watching \"The Telling of a Love\" brought to you by Love and Life.\r\n \r\n.... Remember!.... Only Love can give you such warmth and Life such adventure!\r\n \r\nTune in next time for more of.... \"The Telling of a Love\".....................\r\n \r\n###### WOW !!! #####\r\nI THINK MY 'OLD RADIO DAYS' ARE SNEAKING IN HERE !!!!<I like this!!!!) \"\r\n \r\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * \r\n \r\n \r\n***  Do NOT contact you local cable operator for this programing but 'tune in' \r\nYOUR Love and you will find the 'local reception' AMAZING!!!!! ****\r\n \r\nNOTE: To make sure that this is NOT seen in a wrong meaning I offer a reminder \r\nthat  this  message  was  written rby me in a sincere ande  honest  message  bupt \r\nsuddenly  it  beca\r\nme apparent how humorous this could appear and  it  is  that \r\nsecondary appearance I would like to share with all of you !!\r\n \r\nENJOY!  And laugh with me!\r\n \r\n \r\nSharingly,\r\n \r\nRod\r\n\r\nMAIL> \r\nTo:     BOS1A::RODM,CABUYS      \r\nSubj:   RE: specialxD copy\r\nEnter your message below. Press CTRL\/Z when complete, or CTRL\/C to quit:\r\nHoney,\r\n\r\nDon't forget to post your \"broadcast\" message in the Forum!\r\n\r\nI love you!!!\r\n\r\nLove,\r\nConnie\r\n^Z\r\nNew mail on node BOS1A from CABUYS       \"CONNIE\"\r\n\r\nPress RETURN to return to reading your mail\r\n\r\nMAIL> read newmail\r\n\u00e8    #1          10-NOV-1985 21:41:03                                     NEWMAIL\r\nFrom:   BOS1A::CABUYS       \"CONNIE\"\r\nTo:     BOS1A::RODM,CABUYS      \r\nSubj:   RE: specialxD copy\r\n\r\nHoney,\r\n\r\nDon't forget to post your \"broadcast\" message in the Forum!\r\n\r\nI love you!!!\r\n\r\nLove,\r\nConnie\r\n\r\n MAIL>           \r\n\r\n\r\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 several years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25&#8243; disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here. Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie A. Buys who used to run the \u201cClose Encounters\u201d Special Interest Group (SIG) on Delphi in the mid 1980s. A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: \u201cThis 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.\u201d This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used to dial in to Delphi\u2019s servers from your computer. 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2363,2913,2042,600,2362,2914],"class_list":["post-20864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-computer-arcana","tag-delphi","tag-digital-archaeology","tag-dos","tag-retrocomputing","tag-telecommunications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}