[Scan-DC] Was: CHM FAQ Now: Ping Frank Carson

[Frank Carson]

I quite remember - you were an impressive used computer scrounger - made
good use of them.  Again, those were the days, as they say!

Frank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blair W. Thompson" <b_thom at juno.com>
To: <traff11 at earthlink.net>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>;
<janderson11 at cox.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Was: CHM FAQ Now: Ping Frank Carson


>
>
> On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:48:09 -0400 "Frank Carson" <traff11 at earthlink.net>
> writes:
>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: <b_thom at juno.com>
> >>
> >> "Open Channel Computer Bulletin Board:
> >>
> >> Is that still running?
>
>
> > The Open Channel BBS is offline.  Users were rare, and then the
> > computer
> > crashed.  It was fun while I had it up, though!
> >
> > Thanks for thinking about me!
> > Frank
> >
> > PS The original scanner BBS was on MetroNet, and then when we lost
> > that
> > space Jack Anderson had the Frequency Forum.  Wow, memories!
>
> Yes, the Frequency Forum was my introduction to online forums. I was
> using an 8088 at the time. I upgraded to a 286 that I got at a yard sale
> for $15. The speed increase was astonishing. Then I got a 68030-based Mac
> Performa 467, which is like an LCIII. I used to download files from the
> MicroCenter BBS.
>
> I can't remember the name of Dave Aronson's BBS. There was a guy up
> around Gettysburg name Roy A. Telleson who was always writing about
> various electonics topics.
>
> That was years ago, wasn't it?