07-25-21 13:25 August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance about Network Shuffle
Howdy! Again August,

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 AA> Hello Ed Vance!

 AA> ** 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.

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

I never used ICQ or USENET (I think they are similar?).
I don't think ICQ is something CBM created or offered, was it?

 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.

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

Someone told me a Phone Number I could call Compuserve for free
to see what Compuserve had on it.
I called it once or maybe twice to try it out but I wasn't interested
in getting a paid account on it, or AOL for that matter.

There was one Dial-Up BBS's I called once called D.I.S.K. that
asked me to Pay if I wanted to use it after the Trial Call.
When I tried it out I got confused when all of a sudden another User
on the System (not the SysOp) started typing TO ME.
I didn't know others were notified when I logged on that system.

I like QWK because I'm in my own little world when I'm Reading,
Writing or Writing a Reply.

 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.

 AA> You are less of a lurker than others.  

I read/lurk many Echos on this BBS, I just jump in and out at times.

73 (Best Regards) de (from) Ed W9ODR                       dit dit

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