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   Message 86,158 of 87,272   
   Ted Heise to John McCue   
   Re: Joining Slackware Newsgroup   
   15 Feb 23 15:08:17   
   
   From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:26:12 -0000 (UTC),   
     John McCue  wrote:   
   >  Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   >    
      
   I enjoyed reading about all your history, Henrik.  :)   
      
      
   > > I started as a kid with computers in the mid 70s with a Wang   
   > > 2200 with basic in ROM.   
   >   
   >  Nice, I started my IT career at Wang as an operator (now =   
   >  admin) on Wang VS and the 2200 in the late 70s.   
      
   Interesting.  I have a vague memory of a college chemistry (or   
   physics?) lab in 1974 that used a Wang device.  It had some kind   
   of reader that took a single punch card.  Pretty simple stuff.   
      
      
   > >> Seeing the youngsters gives me hope that Usenet may stay   
   > >> alive for some time to come!   
   > >   
   > > Lets hope a.o.l.s continues as a useful resource.   
   >   
   >  Same here   
      
   +1   
      
   Seems some of the really niche groups have managed to stay   
   relatively signal rich, though with a diminished signal over years   
   past.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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