It is of little consequence on the big scale of things, and many would say it is of no importance But they know not what you have done for me Smiling for someone’s soul is a small feat, in this age of instant satisfaction And …
Why can’t some skilled writer do a Wikipedia write-up on FrontDoor? All I get there is an external link; Boo-Hoo! Mark? Colin? Anyone? 🙂
“The JAM Message Base Format was the most popular file format for storing message bases on DOS-based BBSes in the 1990s. JAM stands for “Joaquim-Andrew-Mats” after the original authors of the API Joaquim Homrighausen, Andrew Milner, Mats Birch, and Mats Wallin. Joaquim was the author …
“Nikom is a BBS-program that uses modems (or telnet together with the appropriate software, such as telnet.device) to allow “boards” or “meeting rooms” where people can discuss different topics. You can set the topic yourself for these boards, e.g. computers, pets, politics, well pretty much …
RemoteAccess BBS-software and its last official website. RemoteAccess, or RA, as it was also called, was created by Andrew Milner and Phil Mackay in 1989. In its time, it was a very popular piece of software for those running a BBS. Towards the end of …
A doorstop that was launched in November 2000 by HP. You could squeeze in a massive 80GB on one DLT1 tape at a rocketing speed of 6MB/s (best case). This particular unit has long since been retired.
The Casio SF-8350 Digital Diary is an “all-in-one” gadget from 1993. A whopping 64 Kb of RAM and double batteries (so that one could be replaced without losing data). Functions like address book, calculator, world time, notes, alarms, etc. Compare with the Sony Ericsson Xperia …
“Statistics Sweden is a central government authority for official statistics and other government statistics and in this capacity also has the responsibility for coordinating and supporting the Swedish system for official statistics.” This is according to Statistics Sweden. On their website, one can also read …