Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53:35

Buy a beater car with a carb, points and condensor and fix it up
for class credit? Awesome!

Why this car is automatic.
It's systematic.
It's hydromatic.
Why it's grease lightning!

Typing class, too. Typing was for secretaries back then.

Guess that depends on "back then" was. There were/are otheer careers that involved typing skills. Journalists and reporters come to mind. If you were a field reporter, you always traveled with your trusty portable typewriter.

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 11 2025 01:43 pm

Typing class, too. Typing was for secretaries back then.

Guess that depends on "back then" was. There were/are otheer careers
that involved typing skills. Journalists and reporters come to
mind. If you were a field reporter, you always traveled with your
trusty portable typewriter.

i took typing class in middle school. we used electric typewriters which really helped you get a rhythm. to pass the class you had to beat the
teacher. i could type like a speed demon back then.

I can't believe there's computer enthusiasts that don't know how to type. that's just pathetic. they spend their whole life infront of a keyboard and don't know how to use it properly.
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IIRC, I had at least two years of typing class, and half of a (Commodore) BASIC programming class under my belt before accessing my first BBS. I don't think they offer either such things to high schoolers these days. :D

Could you imagine getting some of today's kids in front of an 8-bit
computer for a programming class?

Yeah, but honestly they might enjoy it. When I was in HS, not everyone had
a computer at home then. There were some kids that had never seen or used
one that got pretty good at it. One of our big projects was to program a Christmas scene/display, complete with screen color changes, etc. Some of those turned out to be pretty neat.

OTOH, the graphics wouldn't stand up to whatever they see on their video
game consoles or cell phones, but doing it themselves would probably be fun
to some of them.


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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 11 2025 11:11:35

they'd bring us to a local Radio Shack and buy some kids' electronics kits they had (they were kits with a little board that had some little springs on them, along with some LEDs & other components, and they had instructions to wire them up to do something).

I had one of those back in the '70s. It was a RS 150-in-one Electronics Project Kit. I had a ball with that.

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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I think my issue in high school may have been that I was often fairly tired, which (from what I've heard) is a fairly common issue with teenagers, as schools tend to start fairly early in the morning, and
I've heard teenagers could benefit from moving the schedule a bit
later.

High school is a physically challenging time. My son's school started
at 8:10am, but the bus picked him up at 6:52am. For some time he had to
hang outside because the rooms weren't open yet - and he was only a
mile or so from school.

My daughter is in choir and has done sports. I warned her against
taking two activities at once, as we learned the hard way when she did
sports and a starring role in a theater. She still has to do homework,
and they're leaning more into multi-day assignments that you just can't
do the night before, like in previous years.

fairly well with all of it in college.

I actually thought the math was pretty cool. I can see where it would have its practical uses for software development, though I haven't
needed the higher-level math stuff for most of my software projects.
At my last job though, there were a couple tasks where knowledge of trigonometry was helpful though - the tasks involved calculating how
much to rotate a measuring device and calculating associated positions.

My son swore he'd NEVER USE MATH. I bought two triangular nylon shades
for my front deck and wanted them overlapping. I needed to figure out
where to put the mounts, measured everything on paper and used my
high-school trig to map it out - looking at him and repeating "MATH"
every couple of minutes.

"I'm placing this mount here. Why? MATH"

He's now doing drone videography for marketing campaigns. I hope he paid attention.




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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

My high school didn't have auto shop when I was there. And my high
school didn't offer driving classes either..

We signed my daughter up for private lessons. She'll miss the
experience of those pathetic "driving simulators" where you had a
steering wheel with an automatic transmission, lights and signals
stalks, pedals rear view mirrors and seat belts. They'd play a movie at
the front of the classroom of a car driving and you'd have to mimic
what you'd do to match the movie - signal, brake, turn the wheel hand
over hand, look over your shoulder, etc.

Then, there was RED ASPHALT, the movie that was pretty much just
teenaged kids in car wrecks to scare us straight.

Cars are definitely more complicated than they used to be. But even
now, you can do things like change spark plugs, maybe swap out a sensor here & there, etc.. It might still be useful to have a shop class in
high school that would teach those things, as well as how to change oil
in a car (especially with ones that use a canister filter). But the
car landscape is changing too, with electric vehicles on the market..

Everyone needs to learn to change fluids, change a tire (or use
fix-a-flat) and do basic maintenance.



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Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

That's where a dose of time management would come in handy. You wanna play, you gotta pay.

During Covid, when the kids were home and schooling remotely, I gave
them a quick class in time management. We kept school hours, I showed
them how to time-block their week and to make a schedule. To always
have a visual representation of what's next, so they don't get
distracted.

My daughter really got into it - made fancy week forms, color coded
them, and learned to move things around and work ahead if she finished
something early.

I also suggested they keep on a wall board the 3 most important things
that week.

It worked well.




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Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Guess that depends on "back then" was. There were/are otheer careers
that involved typing skills. Journalists and reporters come to mind.
If you were a field reporter, you always traveled with your trusty portable typewriter.

1979-1983. I think the Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 was out around then
- was enamored with the idea of a journalist typing out a story on one
and going into a phone booth to send your story to the newsroom.




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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Dec 13 2025 07:50 am

High school is a physically challenging time. My son's school started at 8:10am, but the bus picked him up at 6:52am. For some time he had to hang outside because the rooms weren't open yet - and he was only a mile or so from school.

That's definitely tough. :/

My daughter is in choir and has done sports. I warned her against taking two activities at once, as we learned the hard way when she did sports and a starring role in a theater. She still has to do homework, and they're leaning more into multi-day assignments that you just can't do the night before, like in previous years.

The multi-day assignments & projects stressed me out a bit. I always felt better when my homework assignments were done, and the ones that weren't had me worried a bit about getting them done.

My son swore he'd NEVER USE MATH. I bought two triangular nylon shades for my front deck and wanted them overlapping. I needed to figure out where to put the mounts, measured everything on paper and used my high-school trig to map it out - looking at him and repeating "MATH" every couple of minutes.

"I'm placing this mount here. Why? MATH"

He's now doing drone videography for marketing campaigns. I hope he paid attention.

:) Yep, I often see people say they'll never use that math, and some say they never have used it in their adult life, but you never know.. I doubt it would be better to get into a job or career where you might need it and only just start to learn it at that point.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Dec 13 2025 07:50 am

I also suggested they keep on a wall board the 3 most important
things that week.

It worked well.

then they can have meetings about meetings
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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Dec 13 2025 07:50 am

Then, there was RED ASPHALT, the movie that was pretty much just
teenaged kids in car wrecks to scare us straight.

I remember that "film". It was infamous. Probably tame by today's standards (like "Faces of Death").
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they'd bring us to a local Radio Shack and buy some kids' electronics k they had (they were kits with a little board that had some little sprin them, along with some LEDs & other components, and they had instruction wire them up to do something).

I had one of those back in the '70s. It was a RS 150-in-one Electronics Project Kit. I had a ball with that.

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I had one of those when I was a kid. They were great kits and fun to play around with. I also uesed to love going through the Radio Shack Catalog and dream.

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

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Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Then, there was RED ASPHALT, the movie that was pretty much just
teenaged kids in car wrecks to scare us straight.

I remember that "film". It was infamous. Probably tame by today's standards (like "Faces of Death"). --

My friends and I were all staying up late watching bad horror movies
after hours, so we thought it was all pretty cool.




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Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

I had one of those back in the '70s. It was a RS 150-in-one
Electronics Project Kit. I had a ball with that.

Making the burglar alarm with a light sensor and piezo buzzer, so your
older sister doesn't raid your candy stash -- priceless.



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Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

I had one of those when I was a kid. They were great kits and fun to
play around with. I also uesed to love going through the Radio Shack Catalog and dream.

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

My grandmother was an apartment manager when I was growing up, and she'd usually send interesting things she found left in the apartments my way.

Once, she found an interesting Radio Shack component stereo system
(tuner and amplifier) with these tabletop speakers that looked like
something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg

Combine with a pair of Koss "Can" headphones and a cheap turntable, and
that's how my love of music started.

A local rock FM station would play albums late at night, commercial free
and without breaks. Old Genesis, Pink Floyd and Rush, I remember
listening to fondly - lights out, headphones on.







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Re: Electronics Kits
By: Mortar to Nightfox on Sat Dec 13 2025 10:27 am

I had one of those back in the '70s. It was a RS 150-in-one Electronics Project Kit. I had a ball with that.

I actually have a couple big ones of these still, and possibly a smaller "AM radio kit" one somewhere, too.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Cozmo on Sun Dec 14 2025 10:29 am

Once, she found an interesting Radio Shack component stereo system
(tuner and amplifier) with these tabletop speakers that looked like something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg

Tried the link, I got this error.

An error occurred during a connection to realitycheckbbs.org. SSL peer has no certificate for the requested DNS name.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME_ALERT

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Hey Denn!

On Sun, Dec 14 2025 13:13:31 -0600, you wrote:

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg

Tried the link, I got this error.

An error occurred during a connection to realitycheckbbs.org. SSL
peer has no certificate for the requested DNS name.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME_ALERT

I got the same error for https. http works, though, as long as your browser still allows it.

Regards,
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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Dec 14 2025 12:13 pm

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg

Tried the link, I got this error.

An error occurred during a connection to realitycheckbbs.org. SSL peer has n certificate for the requested DNS name.

Proxy fun. I'm using NGINX Proxy manager, I think I need to have it manage the certs. The proxy has a cert now.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Accession to Denn on Sun Dec 14 2025 02:30 pm

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg

Tried the link, I got this error.

An error occurred during a connection to realitycheckbbs.org. SSL
peer has no certificate for the requested DNS name.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME_ALERT

I got the same error for https. http works, though, as long as your browser still allows it.

Ok just tried it again and it worked.
Wish I still had my old stereo system.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Cozmo to Mortar on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:27 am

I still have both of my Radio Shack kits. 150 in One and 200 in One. Used the heck out of both in the early 80s.


*** Diamond Dave ***

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ound with. I also uesed to love going th

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

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Try muffinterm. It's in the App Store and it works pretty well. I tried to
post a message earlier using it and it wouldn't allow me to save it because
the editor needs to use control key. Most synchronet boards have a web client side/web page. You can use that to send messages instead of using a terminal client. It's a really nice feature. I am growing fond of it too!

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Hey, Night Fox! It's been so long since I used a bbs. You always helped me
with modding my board back in the day. I still have it, but I guarantee it would need a lot of work to bring it back to life. I ran Solomon's temple
back in the day. Good to see you're still doing it. Send me your telnet address, please. I wouldn't mind hanging out on your board. I can't for the life of me remember the Telnet address! Thanks sir! ¨

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Morningstarr to Nightfox on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:25 pm

Hey, Night Fox! It's been so long since I used a bbs. You always helped me with modding my board back in the day. I still have it, but I guarantee it would need a lot of work to bring it back to life. I ran Solomon's temple back in the day. Good to see you're still doing it. Send me your telnet address, please. I wouldn't mind hanging out on your board. I can't for the life of me remember the Telnet address! Thanks sir! ­

his telnet is : digitaldistortionbbs.com:23
his website is: digitaldistortionbbs.com

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Morningstarr to Nightfox on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:25 pm

back in the day. Good to see you're still doing it. Send me your telnet address, please. I wouldn't mind hanging out on your board. I can't for

My previous message was incorrect.
his telnet is: bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com
web address is: http://bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Denn to Morningstarr on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:41 pm

Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Morningstarr to Nightfox on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:25 pm

back in the day. Good to see you're still doing it. Send me your telnet > Mo> address, please. I wouldn't mind hanging out on your board. I can't for >

My previous message was incorrect.
his telnet is: bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com
web address is: http://bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com

thanks dude

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1979-1983. I think the Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 was out
around then
- was enamored with the idea of a journalist typing out a
story on one
and going into a phone booth to send your story to the
newsroom.

I had that for several years, and even ran a BBS on it with a
1200 baud modem. I still have the software available over here
as a download as BBS102.ARJ

Daryl

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Re: last message for tonight
By: Morningstarr to Night_Spider on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:17 pm

Try muffinterm. It's in the App Store and it works pretty
well. I tried to post a message earlier using it and it wouldn't
allow me to save it because the editor needs to use control key.
Most synchronet boards have a web client side/web page. You can use
that to send messages instead of using a terminal client. It's a
really nice feature. I am growing fond of it too!

you can use the synchronet default internal editor (not fsedit) and use /s

the bbs might have other editors that save the msg with /s or some other command
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Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

I had one of those when I was a kid. They were great kits and fun to play around with. I also uesed to love going through the Radio Shack Catalog and dream.

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

My grandmother was an apartment manager when I was growing up, and she'd usually send interesting things she found left in the apartments my way.

Once, she found an interesting Radio Shack component stereo system
(tuner and amplifier) with these tabletop speakers that looked like something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg
Combine with a pair of Koss "Can" headphones and a cheap turntable, and that's how my love of music started.
A local rock FM station would play albums late at night, commercial free and without breaks. Old Genesis, Pink Floyd and Rush, I remember
listening to fondly - lights out, headphones on.

Wow! That is a crazy looking speaker! Radio Shack has some cool stuff.

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Denn to Morningstarr on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:41 pm

My previous message was incorrect.
his telnet is: bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com
web address is:
http://bbs.digitaldistortionbbs.com

The web site can also be reached at www.digitaldistortionbbs.com, and the telnet (and web) can also be reached at just digitaldistortionbbs.com :)

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Cozmo to Mortar on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:27:00

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :) https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Been there several times. Never knew RS had been around for so long.

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Sun Dec 14 2025 10:29:21

My friends and I were all staying up late watching bad horror movies
after hours, so we thought it was all pretty cool.

Who can forget, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or The Incredible Melting Man? Me, right after I saw them. Actuall I only saw 30 min. of Tomatoes; my brain just couldn't handle any more.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Cozmo on Sun Dec 14 2025 10:29:21

...tabletop speakers that looked like something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

I remember those. One of my cousins' had a pair. Single, mid-range driver setup. Not much "umph", but good enough for bedroom speakers.

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Re: Electronics Kits
By: phigan to Mortar on Sun Dec 14 2025 11:41:21

I actually have a couple big ones...

Now your just bragging. >:)

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Denn to Morningstarr on Sun Dec 14 2025 20:21:41

... Disco is to music what Etch-A-Sketch is to art.

Well then, you might want to check this out:
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=01527989d66682a5&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeioyp3OhN11EY0n5qfq-zEMZldv_eRjZ2XLYc5GnVnME7glWodDcaQwvGYJtospyF4hao4VocMoniUVvlzzwRcB_gh46MHhrDPH5NOVwPivjadeakFm05zxnpGxC0pvMBL6-v6zKyyE5nBk0bvDg1EPDxHf7xVk4s29Sxnujftn4liXpkA&q=etch-a-sketch+art&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigj-uVu8CRAxUTwskDHVdXFp8QtKgLegQIFRAB&biw=1600&bih=823

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Mortar to Cozmo on Mon Dec 15 2025 02:23 pm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)
https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

I can't do it, I'd spend hours in there.
Radio shack was a hangout of mine :) still have my 400 channel Radio Shack scanner.

... All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

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I still have both of my Radio Shack kits. 150 in One and 200 in One.
Used the heck out of both in the early 80s.

Oh Wow! that's pretty cool that you still have them.

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I actually have a couple big ones...

Now your just bragging. >:)

Size does matter. <G>

Daryl

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Dec 15 2025 02:26 pm

Who can forget, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or The Incredible Melting Man? Me, right after I saw them. Actuall I only saw 30 min. of Tomatoes; my brain just couldn't handle any more.

A Lesson in Cult Cinema, This IsForgotten them, have you? Hmmm. Clouded your memory is, by expectations of "quality."Judge them by their budget, do you? And well you should not. For my ally is the Cheese, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us... and melts us.Thirty minutes only? Impatient you are. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. But serious, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is not. To the absurdity, open your mind you must.The Melting Man: Gooey he is, yes. Disturbing, perhaps. But look past the slime, you must, to see the art of the B-movie.The Tomatoes: Laugh, you did not? Too much logic, you seek. Unlearn what you have learned about "good" acting.Weak is the mind that cannot handle the fruit of doom. If into the security recordings you go, only 30 minutes you will find... and failure. Watch the end, you must!

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Re: last message for tonight
By: MRO to Morningstarr on Mon Dec 15 2025 06:23 am

Re: last message for tonight
By: Morningstarr to Night_Spider on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:17 pm

Try muffinterm. It's in the App Store and it works pretty
well. I tried to post a message earlier using it and it wouldn't
allow me to save it because the editor needs to use control key.
Most synchronet boards have a web client side/web page. You can use
that to send messages instead of using a terminal client. It's a
really nice feature. I am growing fond of it too!

you can use the synchronet default internal editor (not fsedit) and use /s

the bbs might have other editors that save the msg with /s or some other command

I found one, thanks a lot.

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Nightfox wrote to Lonewolf <=-

Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:57 am

Hey Night_Spider, if you are stuck "calling" a BBS with an iphone or an ipad, check out the MuffinTerm app. It is a great ANSI capable terminal for iOS. Be sure to set your user config on each BBS to ANSI for best results. FYI, ANSI is the "graphics" standard that most BBS's support.

I'm not Night_Spider, but for me, a big factor that I think makes
BBSing on a smartphone difficult is the lack of a physical keyboard. I type a lot better on a physical keyboard. Also, hotkeys using Ctrl & things like that are a lot easier on a physical keyboard too.

I agree - EXCEPT - using 'speech to text' to ME is easier on a
phone. :-)



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Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Thank you!!!


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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: jimmylogan to Cozmo on Fri Dec 26 2025 05:08 pm

Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Thank you!!!

real cool interface but i cant zoom in enough to read some things.

anyways, radioshack was the devil :D i used to go in there when they
were trying to get rid of those tandys and tell the people to not do
it.

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Dec 13 2025 02:19 pm

:) Yep, I often see people say they'll never use that math, and some say they never have used it in their adult life, but you never know.. I doubt it would be better to get into a job or career where you might need it and only just start to learn it at that point.

Math can also be a head fake in learning logic and learning how to learn.

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Re: Re: is there anyone out t
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri Dec 26 2025 17:08:43

I agree - EXCEPT - using 'speech to text' to ME is easier on a
phone. :-)

Not if your writing a program. Trust me, I've tried.

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Jimmy,

I agree - EXCEPT - using 'speech to text' to ME is easier on a
phone. :-)

I think I have a dumb blonde model. <G> It's like "auto correct
and auto complete have become my own worst enema". <G>

Daryl

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Mortar wrote to jimmylogan <=-

Not if your writing a program. Trust me, I've tried.

I'm trying to imagine controlling vi with speech to text.



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Re: Re: is there anyone out t
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:39:26

I'm trying to imagine controlling vi with speech to text.

Heh, I have enough trouble using Vi with my fingers. Notepad++ is my editor of choice.

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Re: Re: is there anyone out t
By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 02 2026 01:03 am

Heh, I have enough trouble using Vi with my fingers. Notepad++ is my editor choice.

Have you tried Sublime editor? They try to sell you a paid one, but there's a free version.

Also Geany is decent in Linux.

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Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Heh, I have enough trouble using Vi with my fingers. Notepad++ is my editor of choice.

I like an editor called AkelPad, but for some reason when I install it
at work it makes CrowdStrike go crazy. My infosec team would quarantine
my laptop, I'd get a call from them, they'd look at it, OK it and let me
back on the network. Never bothered to whitelist it, though. :(

It's clean looking but has inline line numbers, which I like. It can do multiple tabs as well. The new Windows 11 Notepad probably does
everything I need now.



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MRO wrote to jimmylogan <=-

anyways, radioshack was the devil :D i used to go in there when they
were trying to get rid of those tandys and tell the people to not do
it.

Why?


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