Hello Ed Vance!

** On Tuesday 20.07.21 - 19:55, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Wallflowers tend to remain wallflowers. Some people
 AA>> simply have a hard time jumping in and contribute to
 AA>> conversations in real life.

 EV> I'M GUILTY AS CHARGED, I AM a Lurker.

 EV> In March 1984 I bought a Commodore 64 PC, C=1541 5-1/4"
 EV> Floppy Disk Drive and 300 Baud VIC Modem.

I was bit leary about ICQ when it first came out. But it proved  
to be a fine communications medium to stir up a "live" chat  
with someone at any time of the day.

 EV> In a Computer Store I picked up a FREE Newletter and saw a
 EV> List of Dial-Up BBS's and called one of them that had
 EV> Topics about DOS and Windows so I could learn about those
 EV> OS's.

My first real awareness of BBSes to call in my local area was  
courtesy of Boardwatch magazine.  Then, it was a matter of  
getting a good LD plan to check out some of the ones farther  
away.   A little later, I gravitated towards Compuserve.

 EV> There were messages from people in the USA, England and
 EV> Taiwan on that BBS, and after reading many, many messages
 EV> I decided to jump in and write a message, and here I are,
 EV> still lurking and writing occasionally.

You are less of a lurker than others.  

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  ../|ug

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