{"id":27177,"date":"2021-07-16T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=27177"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:39:02","slug":"digital-archaeology-codex-floppy-disk-10-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/digital-archaeology-codex-floppy-disk-10-part-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #10 (part 13)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A summary for those that haven’t been keeping up with this series:<\/p>\n

I found a number of 5.25″ disks at a thrift store a number of years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25″ disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here.<\/p>\n

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

A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: “This SIG, known as ‘Close Encounters’, 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.”<\/p>\n

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’t be in such archives even if they existed.<\/p>\n

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This post includes the contents of OMNITERM.RCV dated October 27th, 1985. It appears to be a log capture from the terminal of a user navigating logging on to Delphi, reading mail and performing other activities. Some of the contents has shown up in other files but what makes this interesting is the sort of start to end interaction with the system. A snippet of what “going online” was like in 1985.<\/p>\n

See the previous post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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H\nDISCONNECT\n*dt 3561115x\nDIALING...t 3561115\nRINGING...\nON LINE ORIG\nx|\nUNINET PAD 3EC0 PORT 00\nservice : gvc\n\n\n*u001 000 connected to 61703050\n\n\n\nUsername: CABUYS\n\nPassword: \n\n\n\nHello CABUYS\n\nWelcome to DELPHI\nCopyright (c) 1985\nGeneral Videotex Corporation\n\n\nLogon at   : 27-OCT-1985 11:03:54\nLast Logon : 27-OCT-1985 10:55:25\n\n\n\n*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\nClose Encounters - The Intimate Side\n   of Computer Telecommunications\n       (c) 1985 SLG Associates\n*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\n\n\nYou have new Forum message(s).\u0007\u0007\n\nENCOUNTER> ma\n\n\n\nMAIL> s\n\n\nTo:     rodm\n\n\nSubj:   me\b \b\b \byour account\n\n\nEnter your message below. Press CTRL\/Z when complete, or CTRL\/C to quit:\nDarling,\n\n\nI couldn't wait so I came on line on your account and reposted your\nmessage.\n\nI also posted the \"Clock\" since it's very appropriate today! <smile>\n\nHope you don't object but if you do, please say so.  I'm now d\b \bgoing to post\nmy reply to your message \b \b.\n\nBy the way, I also went into your workspace.  You have a mess there that's\ngoing to cot \b \b\b \bst you money!\n\nI'll clean it up, if you wish, like i \b \b\b \bI did before.  Just give me the ok to do\nso.\n\nI love you!\n\nLove,\nConnie\n^Z\n\n\u0007New mail on node BOS1A from CABUYS       \"CONNIE\"\n\n\nMAIL> readn newmail\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \b\b \bd newmail\n\n\n    #1          27-OCT-1985 11:06:24                                     NEWMAIL\n\nFrom:   BOS1A::CABUYS       \"CONNIE\"\nTo:     RODM,CABUYS      \nSubj:   your account\n\nDarling,\n\nI couldn't wait so I came on line on your account and reposted your\nmessage.\n\nI also posted the \"Clock\" since it's very appropriate today! <smile>\n\nHope you don't object but if you do, please say so.  I'm now going to post\nmy reply to your message.\n\nBy the way, I also went into your workspace.  You have a mess there that's\ngoing to cost you money!\n\nI'll clean it up, if you wish, like I did before.  Just give me the ok to do\nso.\n\nI love you!\n\nLove,\nConnie\n\n\nMAIL> ^Z\n\nENCOUNTER> for\n\nWelcome to the Close Encounters Forum!\nForum contains messages 1 through 311.\nHighest message you've read is 309.\n\nYou have new message(s).\u0007\u0007\nPress RETURN to READ WAITING Messages.\n\n\nFORUM> read 310\n\n310  27-OCT 11:01 Play Ground\n     Time to Reset Your Clock\n     From: RODM         To: ALL\n\nFor those of you on Eastern Time, hopefully by now you've reset your clocks.\n\nHere's one way we could reset our clocks:\n\n\nThis is a mature discreet adult SIG.....\n\n\n9\n9       ^      9\n|\n9            |            9\n|\n|\n|\n9       <-------O               9\n\n\n\n9                         9\n\n9              9\n9\n\nNO sex until 9:00 !\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(In other words ... NOW!!!!)\n\n\n\nFORUM> edit\n\n310  27-OCT 11:01 Play Ground\n     Time to Reset Your Clock\n     From: RODM         To: ALL\n\nChange Topic (Y\/N)? n\n\nChange subject (Y\/N)? n\n\nEdit text of message (Y\/N)? y\n\nPlease wait.\n    1       For those of you on Eastern Time, hopefully by now you've reset you\nr clocks.\n\n*\n\n    2       \n\n*i\n\n            .lt\n\n            ^Z\n\n    2       \n\n*\n\n    3       Here's one way we could reset our clocks:\n\n*\n\n    4       \n\n*\n\n    5       \n\n*\n\n    6                This is a mature discreet adult SIG.....\n\n*\n\n    7       \n\n*\n\n    8       \n\n*\n\n    9                                9\n\n*\n\n   10                        9       ^      9\n\n*\n\n   11                                |\n\n*\n\n   12                   9            |            9\n\n*\n\n   13                                |\n\n*\n\n   14                                |\n\n*\n\n   15                                |\n\n*\n\n   16                9       <-------O               9\n\n*\n\n   17       \n\n*\n\n   18       \n\n*\n\n   19       \n\n*\n\n   20                   9                         9\n\n*\n\n   21       \n\n*\n\n   22                        9              9\n\n*\n\n   23                                9\n\n*\n\n   24       \n\n*\n\n   25                        NO sex until 9:00 !\n\n*\n\n   26       \n\n*\n\n   27       \n\n*\n\n   28       \n\n*\n\n   29       \n\n*\n\n   30       \n\n*\n\n   31       \n\n*\n\n   32       \n\n*\n\n   33       \n\n*\n\n   34       \n\n*\n\n   35       \n\n*\n\n   36       \n\n*\n\n   37       \n\n*\n\n   38                     (In other words ... NOW!!!!)\n\n*\n\n   39       \n\n*\n\n   40       \n\n*\n\n[EOB]\n\n*i\n\n            .el\n\n            ^Z\n\n[EOB]\n\n*exi\n\nUD_2:[0RRG1HTF9]118XXX310.TMP;2 42 lines\n\nFORUM> read 210\n\nNo such message.\n\nFORUM> read 310\n\n310  27-OCT 11:01 Play Ground\n     Time to Reset Your Clock\n     From: RODM         To: ALL\n\nFor those of you on Eastern Time, hopefully by now you've reset your clocks.\n\nHere's one way we could reset our clocks:\n\n\n         This is a mature discreet adult SIG.....\n\n\n                         9\n                 9       ^      9\n                         |\n            9            |            9\n                         |\n                         |\n                         |\n         9       <-------O               9\n\n\n\n            9                         9\n\n                 9              9\n                         9\n\n                 NO sex until 9:00 !\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n              (In other words ... NOW!!!!)\n\n\n\nFORUM> \n\n311  27-OCT 11:03 Open Forum\n     RE: sex positions & me (Re: Msg 305)\n     From: RODM         To: CABUYS (NR)\n\nWOW!\n\nYou are presenting a chalanging question!\n\nI guess the first thing that comes to mind that I would share is that\nanything as intimate as sexual positions must be the mutual adventure\nof BOTH partners and never be something imposed by one on the other.\n\nThe next thing is that whatever objection one partner has to a\nparticular sexual position, act, or anything shared that objection\nshould be recognized as a valid one and that objection answered by\nBOTH and an agreement hopefully reached!\n\nNow for the question as to positions NOT liked.\n\nI am going to NOT be specific but say that there several positions I\nfind unfavorable for reasons of discomfort, <physical AND\npsychological> not expressive of love and passion, or just not\npossible for me to perform!\n\nIn all of the cases above I feel justified in my objections and trust\nmy partner will be respective of my objections.\n\nIn my history such objections were sometimes NOT respected and that\ncan cause something that may be between or a combination of\nhumiliation and pain to my person or ego.\n\nI hope I NEVER cause that discomfort for my Love!\n\nI hope that posses some answer or support for you and anyone else.\n\nRodm\n\n\nFORUM> rep\n\nTo: \n\nTo: RODM\nPlease enter your message below. CTRL\/Z when Complete.\n I've been very lucky!  My partner and I have the mutual respect and\n love for each other that \nallows us to talk about *EVERYTHING*\n including our deepest feelings about the mutual adventure we are\n sharing.\n \n Love, support, understanding and communication between lovers is so\n important but too often we get so wrapped up in other things that\n this all gets put on hold.\n \n In this particular incident I have to admit that I *thought* I was\n doing very well in keeping the real reason for objecting to various\n positions well hidden. You can imagine my shock when his comment hit\n the nail square on the head! Now that I've acknowledged the real\n reason, he and I can go on together to hopefully overcome this.\n\n^Z\nResponse Message 312 Stored.\n\nFORUM> read 312\n\n312  27-OCT 11:10 Open Forum\n     RE: sex positions & me (Re: Msg 311)\n     From: CABUYS       To: RODM (NR)\n\nI've been very lucky!  My partner and I have the mutual respect and\nlove for each other that allows us to talk about *EVERYTHING*\nincluding our deepest feelings about the mutual adventure we are\nsharing.\n\nLove, support, understanding and communication between lovers is so\nimportant but too often we get so wrapped up in other things that\nthis all gets put on hold.\n\nIn this particular incident I have to admit that I *thought* I was\ndoing very well in keeping the real reason for objecting to various\npositions well hidden. You can imagine my shock when his comment hit\nthe nail square on the head! Now that I've acknowledged the real\nreason, he and I can go on together to hopefully overcome this.\n\n\nFORUM> ^Z\nHighest message read: 312.\n\nENCOUNTER> da\n\ng\nTOPIC> en\n\nDBASES:Gen> wo\n\ncomm\nWS> on\n\nYou are now in the common group workspace.\n\nWS> dir\n\nDirectory COM_1:[COMMON.SIGS.ENCOUNTER]\n\nWHYONLIN.DOC;1           97\/100     17-SEP-1985 20:11\n\nTotal of 1 file, 97\/100 blocks.\n\nWS> list whyonlin.doc\n\n.lt\n ** Conference of 9\/14\/85 - Topic: \"WHY DO YOU COME ON-LINE?\"\n \n ** Beth just joined CLE - WHY COME ON-LINE? (2 members now) **\n \n ** Connie just joined CLE - WHY COME ON-LINE? (3 members now) **\n \n ** EFK just joined CLE - WHY COME ON-LINE? (4 members now) **\n \n EFK> Do you usually stick to the topic in this conference?\n Myself> well, once we get started.\n Myself> we try to hold close to the original topic\n Myself> but have been known to stray\n EFK> Sounds good.\n Myself> if the general discussion moves in another direction which\n         generates a better discussion.\n Myself> well, lets see what we can do\n EFK> I'm used to main conf.  It can be a zoo.\n Myself> I think this tymnet thing is going to keep attendance down.\n Myself> well, that is the nice thing about here..\n EFK> Been going on for weeks! Aren't they working on it?\n Myself> less congestion.  more conversation.\n Myself> that is what they say they are doing.\n Myself> but I don't see any results yet.\n EFK> Talk is cheap.\n Myself> agreed.\n Myself> ok\n Myself> lets start this conference....\n EFK> I've been curious about something for a long time John...\n Myself> yes? what is that?\n EFK> Why do you call yourself myself?\n \n ** STUART just joined CLE - WHY COME ON-LINE? (5 members now) **\n Connie> <oh - oh!><giggle> you've done it now!\n EFK> Hi Stuart.\n Myself> well I am <after all> Myself ...  but seriously...\n EFK> yes?\n Myself> I picked it up on another system\n Connie> hello Stuart.\n Myself> and just kept it.\n Beth> Hi Stuart\n EFK> Just be yourself. Is that it?\n Myself> you see, my name is john <hence johnmyself> and you know how\n         many of those there are.\n Myself> bingo.\n EFK> Ok.\n Beth> {I always wondered, too}\n Myself> now for t\n*OUTPUT OFF*\n\n\nWS> \nWS> comm d\n\nYou are now in the DATABASE workspace.\n\nWS> dir\n\nDirectory DB_1:[DB.ENCOUNTER]\n\n01$CABUY$QUESTION.;1\n                         29\/30      26-OCT-1985 12:31\n01$CABUY$TIGLON3.;1\n                         10\/10      24-SEP-1985 18:50\n01$JOHNM$SURVEY.TXT;1\n                          5\/5       29-SEP-1985 19:49\n07$CABUY$CO921.TXT;1\n                         15\/15      24-SEP-1985 18:28\n07$CABUY$JOURNAL.DOC;1\n                          8\/10       8-OCT-1985 17:07\n07$CABUY$JOURNAL2.DOC;1\n                         12\/15       8-OCT-1985 17:07\n07$CABUY$JOURNAL3.DOC;1\n                          2\/5        8-OCT-1985 17:08\n07$CABUY$SEXMAGCO.;1\n                         30\/30      26-OCT-1985 15:47\n07$CABUY$WHYMARRY.;1\n                         65\/65      26-OCT-1985 15:48\n11$CABUY$POEM.DOC;1\n                          3\/5        7-OCT-1985 19:48\nADULTERY.;1              61\/65      16-AUG-1985 16:34\nAM1.;1                    2\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:28\nAM2.;1                    4\/10      16-JUL-1985 20:29\nAM3.;1                    1\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:30\nAM4.;1           '         3\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:30\nAM5.;1                    6\/10      16-JUL-1985 20:31\nART1.;1                   1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:32\nART10.;1                  1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:36\nART11.;1                 10\/15       9-AUG-1985 21:37\nART12.;1                  2\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:38\nART13.;1                  2\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:39\nART14.;1                  1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:40\nART15.;1                 30\/30       9-AUG-1985 21:40\nART16.;1                  1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:43\nART2.;1                   1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:33\nART4.;1                   1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:34\nART7.;1                   1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:34\nART9.;1                   1\/5        9-AUG-1985 21:36\nCHRSMSEV.;1              89\/90      15-AUG-1985 22:29\nCL10.;1                   3\/5       16-JUL-1985 21:47\nCL2.;1                    1\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:38\nCL3.;1                    2\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:39\nCL4.;1                    7\/10      16-JUL-1985 20:39\nCL5.;1                   15\/15      16-JUL-1985 20:41\nCL6.;1                    3\/5       16-JUL-1985 20:43\nCL7.;1                   13\/15      16-JUL-1985 20:43\nCREDITS.;1                3\/5       16-JUL-1985 22:12\nELECTRON.;1               3\/5       14-AUG-1985 14:22\nF1.;1                     7\/10      11-JUL-1985 22:31\nF11.;1                   10\/15      11-JUL-1985 23:28\nF14.;1                    9\/10      11-JUL-1985 23:30\nF4.;1                     5\/10      11-JUL-1985 23:23\nF5.;1                    12\/15      11-JUL-1985 23:24\nF6.;1           \u001a\n<\/pre>\n\n\n
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A summary for those that haven’t been keeping up with this series: I found a number of 5.25″ disks at a thrift store a number of years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25″ 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 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: “This SIG, known as ‘Close Encounters’, 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.” 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 […]<\/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":[61,66,2913,3752,2362,3728],"class_list":["post-27177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-1980s","tag-66","tag-delphi","tag-digital-arcaheology","tag-retrocomputing","tag-telecommunication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27177","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=27177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}