{"id":231,"date":"2020-11-28T06:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T11:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/?post_type=chapter&p=231"},"modified":"2022-12-04T16:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T21:39:39","slug":"scitech-bbs-first-international-teleconference-session","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/chapter\/scitech-bbs-first-international-teleconference-session\/","title":{"raw":"SciTech BBS First International Teleconference Session","rendered":"SciTech BBS First International Teleconference Session"},"content":{"raw":"The following text archive is the first teleconference by an international login (United States) to the SciTech BBS on December 16, 1994:\r\n\r\nJason F_redacted_ just joined this channel!\r\n\r\n:Hello there welcome to Mount Royal College<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Heya\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Thanks for the switch :)\r\n\r\n:Your Welcome, since you are the first person from the United States to join I thought you might be interested to see what we are about.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: This in Canada?\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Yes<\/strong>\r\n\r\n:This BBS is designed for students and instructors as well as community<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: :) I saw the address on Gcomm's \/beta2 forum. I'm a\r\n\r\nMajor BBS sysop. :)\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Terrific, how's the ICO going so far?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: . I have ICO partially working Environmental BBS, isn't it?\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:This was an environmental BBS but now is a Faculty wide BBS.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Well, Having some lockup problems, but I think they may be cause by the fact that we don't have a non-dynamic SLIP yet....\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: May just forgo the SLIP and jump right to a 56k\r\n\r\n:We are straight through, no in between stuff from VAX<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Eh... VAX... Ick. :)\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Well being a College we have main frame and micro mentalities - I prefer micro!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: I reduced it, but it's giving me a lot of Btrieve\r\n\r\nerrors... I've even got Bob Stein stumped... :)\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Has something to do with not being able to write to a\r\n\r\nfile, but I have the file handles just about maxed\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\n:Are you coming in on ethernet?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: We have a VM system at my college... Penn State\r\n\r\nUniversity\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Do you have straight through service or is there some other computer system shovelling info<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Hmmm... I'm on a SLIP connection via a Modem from my\r\n\r\ncomputer, so I'd hafta say no to that...\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Hmmm, we haven't had any problems yet via modem & ethernet, but I found that going through a VAX (local telnet) doen't permit us uploads.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: I believe it goes to a UNIX system which then connects to the Internet. When they go down, so do we...\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: been quite stable for a while now...\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Well, if we can get the 56k line, we would be in much\r\n\r\nbetter shape.... not to mention faster... currently, however, we\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: are fighting with the phone company about the\r\n\r\nconnection... they wanna charge $60 bucks more a month for a permanent\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: IP address when I could apply to internet and get one for free... (They sent me back to the phone company, but I got them after)\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: after the phone company now... hehehe..)\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: *laugh* yeah, lag is the big killer on the net... but\r\n\r\nhey, what can you do? :) I'm thinking of changing to CSLIP\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Well good luck.. If you have any ideas on how we can do better don't hesitate<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Oh, it's just a regular BBS business... pay for play type\r\n\r\ndeal...\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: 3 Gig of files, a ton of forums, tons of games, and\r\n\r\nINTERNET! :)\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Sound great, let me know when you get the ICO up<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: 6 lines now, although we have too many users on at once, so we're gonna expand very soon\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: no prob...\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Great, 28.8 or 14.4?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: It's up now... I'm on via that, but we have no telnet\r\n\r\naddress or anything yet... (phone companys fault)\r\n\r\n:Well when you get the ICO going I think you will enjoy the flex<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: 14.4k now, but we're gonna go to 28.8k\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Is 28.8K a standard now in the U.S.?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: *nod* Can't wait till we can get incoming telnet... and\r\n\r\nget the WWW up...\r\n\r\n:Haven't tried WWW on our end but expect good results although Telnet seems best<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: not really... although it's catching on fast... only the\r\n\r\nmajor boards have it, excluding stuff like AOL and prodigy...\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: AOL and Prodigy are still running at 2400 and 9600...\r\n\r\n!!!!! (SLOOOOOOW!)\r\n\r\n:Grass roots BBS still the best!!!!!!!!!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: you have the web up, right?\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Still working on fine tuning Web, but I have opened it up for now<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: I'll try it in a few minutes... I'm downloading netscape\r\n\r\nright now\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Grass Roots?\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: never heard of it\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: :-)\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Well goto go its 1:30 a.m. here in Calgary, Alberta<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: I'll check the WWW in about 2 minutes.. prolly sonner\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: sooner even\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: heh... 3:30 am here\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: :)\r\n\r\n::) Thanks for the chat, Let me know how it goes, see ya on GCOMM<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: gonna check WWW right now\/\/\/ hang a sec...\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:OK I hang for a sec!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: yikes... 7 images? Wow!\r\n\r\n:images of??? what?\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: oh hehe... oops... wrong WWW page...\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Heh... do you have any other pages besides the standard\r\n\r\nGcomm page?\r\n\r\n:Not yet haven't been real interested yet in WWW stuff, still dabbling with telnet<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: All I have now is a thank you from gcomm for using ICO :)\r\n\r\n:-- Message sent --\r\n\r\n:Well I'll have to start working on that tomorrow, still skeptical that ICO will run perfectly.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: Kewl... WWW is the future, though.. much as I despise\r\n\r\nit, but hey.. well, it works, though! :)\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: I'll let ya get some sleep... I need some too! :)\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\n:Thanks very much, Cheers!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nFrom Jason F_redacted_: wave\r\n\r\n:***\r\n\r\nJason F_redacted_ just exited the teleconference.\r\n\r\n***","rendered":"

The following text archive is the first teleconference by an international login (United States) to the SciTech BBS on December 16, 1994:<\/p>\n

Jason F_redacted_ just joined this channel!<\/p>\n

:Hello there welcome to Mount Royal College<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Heya<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Thanks for the switch \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:Your Welcome, since you are the first person from the United States to join I thought you might be interested to see what we are about.<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: This in Canada?<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n

:This BBS is designed for students and instructors as well as community<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: \ud83d\ude42 I saw the address on Gcomm’s \/beta2 forum. I’m a<\/p>\n

Major BBS sysop. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Terrific, how’s the ICO going so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: . I have ICO partially working Environmental BBS, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:This was an environmental BBS but now is a Faculty wide BBS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Well, Having some lockup problems, but I think they may be cause by the fact that we don’t have a non-dynamic SLIP yet….<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: May just forgo the SLIP and jump right to a 56k<\/p>\n

:We are straight through, no in between stuff from VAX<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Eh… VAX… Ick. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Well being a College we have main frame and micro mentalities – I prefer micro!<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: I reduced it, but it’s giving me a lot of Btrieve<\/p>\n

errors… I’ve even got Bob Stein stumped… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Has something to do with not being able to write to a<\/p>\n

file, but I have the file handles just about maxed<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

:Are you coming in on ethernet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: We have a VM system at my college… Penn State<\/p>\n

University<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Do you have straight through service or is there some other computer system shovelling info<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Hmmm… I’m on a SLIP connection via a Modem from my<\/p>\n

computer, so I’d hafta say no to that…<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Hmmm, we haven’t had any problems yet via modem & ethernet, but I found that going through a VAX (local telnet) doen’t permit us uploads.<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: I believe it goes to a UNIX system which then connects to the Internet. When they go down, so do we…<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: been quite stable for a while now…<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Well, if we can get the 56k line, we would be in much<\/p>\n

better shape…. not to mention faster… currently, however, we<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: are fighting with the phone company about the<\/p>\n

connection… they wanna charge $60 bucks more a month for a permanent<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: IP address when I could apply to internet and get one for free… (They sent me back to the phone company, but I got them after)<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: after the phone company now… hehehe..)<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: *laugh* yeah, lag is the big killer on the net… but<\/p>\n

hey, what can you do? \ud83d\ude42 I’m thinking of changing to CSLIP<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Well good luck.. If you have any ideas on how we can do better don’t hesitate<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Oh, it’s just a regular BBS business… pay for play type<\/p>\n

deal…<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: 3 Gig of files, a ton of forums, tons of games, and<\/p>\n

INTERNET! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Sound great, let me know when you get the ICO up<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: 6 lines now, although we have too many users on at once, so we’re gonna expand very soon<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: no prob…<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Great, 28.8 or 14.4?<\/strong><\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: It’s up now… I’m on via that, but we have no telnet<\/p>\n

address or anything yet… (phone companys fault)<\/p>\n

:Well when you get the ICO going I think you will enjoy the flex<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: 14.4k now, but we’re gonna go to 28.8k<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Is 28.8K a standard now in the U.S.?<\/strong><\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: *nod* Can’t wait till we can get incoming telnet… and<\/p>\n

get the WWW up…<\/p>\n

:Haven’t tried WWW on our end but expect good results although Telnet seems best<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: not really… although it’s catching on fast… only the<\/p>\n

major boards have it, excluding stuff like AOL and prodigy…<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: AOL and Prodigy are still running at 2400 and 9600…<\/p>\n

!!!!! (SLOOOOOOW!)<\/p>\n

:Grass roots BBS still the best!!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: you have the web up, right?<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Still working on fine tuning Web, but I have opened it up for now<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: I’ll try it in a few minutes… I’m downloading netscape<\/p>\n

right now<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Grass Roots?<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: never heard of it<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Well goto go its 1:30 a.m. here in Calgary, Alberta<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: I’ll check the WWW in about 2 minutes.. prolly sonner<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: sooner even<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: heh… 3:30 am here<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

::) Thanks for the chat, Let me know how it goes, see ya on GCOMM<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: gonna check WWW right now\/\/\/ hang a sec…<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:OK I hang for a sec!<\/strong><\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: yikes… 7 images? Wow!<\/p>\n

:images of??? what?<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: oh hehe… oops… wrong WWW page…<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Heh… do you have any other pages besides the standard<\/p>\n

Gcomm page?<\/p>\n

:Not yet haven’t been real interested yet in WWW stuff, still dabbling with telnet<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: All I have now is a thank you from gcomm for using ICO \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:– Message sent —<\/p>\n

:Well I’ll have to start working on that tomorrow, still skeptical that ICO will run perfectly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: Kewl… WWW is the future, though.. much as I despise<\/p>\n

it, but hey.. well, it works, though! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: I’ll let ya get some sleep… I need some too! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

:Thanks very much, Cheers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

From Jason F_redacted_: wave<\/p>\n

:***<\/p>\n

Jason F_redacted_ just exited the teleconference.<\/p>\n

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