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EchoLink under Ubuntu Hardy Heron
First, the news–I received my vanity callsign, KT4B, replacing my old KE0OY. KT4B was my late father’s callsign, so I had the inside track. Second, my sister Betty is now licensed as KC2TZO with a general class license. That brings us back to 4 ham radio operators in the immediate family, my brother N3AU, mother…
Vintage Tech Ads
I’ve had this link sitting in my starred items for a while, so I’m going to link it so you can enjoy. Thing is, I remember some of these! Ouch!
Too Much Time on their Hands
… or something. Scientists are thinking about galactic communications using Cepheid variable stars.
Random Lyrics Produces Song
This resulted from random lyrics sent to the Dilbert blog. It’s more comprehensible than some real songs. But not very . . .
Ditto and Mimeograph Machines
I was fascinated to find a discussion of the difference between a ditto machine and a mimeograph. For what it’s worth, my memory of the difference between the two is the same as Michael Sheehan indicated in his post. The Ditto machine used masters that had a carbon based (I believe) substance on them, and…
Remembering Fidonet
I enjoyed reading a short article on the history of Computer Bulletin Board Systems (later just BBS) on ZDNet, not because I was there at the start (in 1978 I was learning how to work with a programmable calculator), but because it ended up at Fidonet. Starting in 1985 I operated a Fidonet BBS in…