Nick I received ~ 8 gigs of mail... old AF... a lot was over a year old and some as old as 10+++++++++++++ years old.
Is this the new normal??
Nick I received ~ 8 gigs of mail... old AF... a lot was over a year ol some as old as 10+++++++++++++ years old.
Is this the new normal??
What is that supposed to mean? You just told me about this "now".
What is that supposed to mean? You just told me about this "now".
Nick
Is this the new normal??What is that supposed to mean? You just told me about this "now".
Nick, relax... Sarcasm is my super power...
No one died and the mail I tossed as over 10 years old.
Nick, relax... Sarcasm is my super power...
No one died and the mail I tossed as over 10 years old.
That's why I use this in HPT: -tooold 60
That gets rid of someones puke session. #-)
That's why I use this in HPT: -tooold 60
That gets rid of someones puke session. #-)
Now that you can have HDD that are soooooooooooooo big that you store soooooo much crap is funny AF. I recall paying $100 a Meg for RAM and
now we load 32 GIGs into a system without blinking.
I was shocked to learn I had mail in a subdirectory that had mail that
was that old.
I was shocked to learn I had mail in a subdirectory that had mail that was that old.
I only keep 14 days on this system. But the message base has messages way older than that.
HD space isn't the issue. Having a message base full of puked previous content is.
I only keep 14 days on this system. But the message base has messages
way older than that.
I only keep 14 days on this system. But the message base has
messages way older than that.
Mine go back as far as... '04, '05 I think.
I'd love to get any archives of mail from the 90's to early 2000's.
I have been on fido for over 30 years and all I had was bad mail
from10 years ago is not bad. AND I did this without trying.
I only keep 14 days on this system. But the message base has
messages way older than that.
Ya, these were mail bundles re-named and set in some obscure
subdirectory going back years and I just found it.
Anyway... I do have a new-old computer setup now... Windows 7 32Bit... Disc space is clean and ready to go. I will be adding a modem to it because the Zombie Apocalypse is near.
I'd love to get any archives of mail from the 90's to early 2000's.
I'd bet most of it has gone to the great big bin in the sky!
Will you get many calls though?
older computer for $30 that had 32Bit Windows 7 on it. I did bump the RAM to 8 from 4 and I did install a Digital SATA drive on it... I have a USR mo
This could explain FidoNETs decline with the lack of dial in service.
older computer for $30 that had 32Bit Windows 7 on it. I did bump the RAM to 8 from 4 and I did install a Digital SATA drive on it... I have a USR mo
You know 32bit won't read anymore than 4.
You know 32bit won't read anymore than 4.
I still get dialup calls every so often... I have a crazy user who lives outside of Toronto who gets a thrill out of calling here.
I still get dialup calls every so often... I have a crazy user who lives outside of Toronto who gets a thrill out of calling here.
Nick
Where the hell do you get a real telephone these days. Sometimes I'd like to have that little service if it didn't cost 500 dollars/month. :-/
Where the hell do you get a real telephone these days. Sometimes I'd li have that little service if it didn't cost 500 dollars/month. :-/
I ported my line to Ooma, its like $10 USD a month...
I ported my line to Ooma, its like $10 USD a month...
I just checked it out and it really is a cheap setup. Thanks for the info.
| Sysop: | DaiTengu |
|---|---|
| Location: | Appleton, WI |
| Users: | 1,072 |
| Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
| Uptime: | 112:02:04 |
| Calls: | 13,771 |
| Files: | 186,986 |
| D/L today: |
2,060 files (637M bytes) |
| Messages: | 2,429,265 |