[[ 1-28-2007 - Guido reveals Jimpen has passed on ]] A) Ces that's great Ces) Well hopefully not too many users stiffed you with nonpayment. A) Ces Well hopefully not too many users stiffed you with nonpayment. C) Neva and wasn't it neat to see all of us connect with each other and have the parties and gatherings? B) Guido That was mostly on diskette and I haven't tried loading one of those in decades. I have only 1 TRS-80. C) Neva laundry lurk Ces) /r ? C) Neva ces did a great job on the wikipedia B) Guido Indeed, she had no idea that it would be there but agreed with what he wrote. C) Neva i think rt trained me to carry on two-three conversations at once C) Neva ok..i now have a confession to make..to clense my soul so to speak A) Ces uh-oh B) Guido multitasking...I've lost the ability to type since those days. B) Guido uh-oh. C) Neva my parents didn't know you had to pay for rt..i got home before they did so i always got the bill..and i just paid for it B) Guido Guido absolves you. C) Neva lol thanks A) Ces Guido, here's a question I have wondered for 20 years.. C) Neva whew..that was a load off my mind B) Guido shoot. C) Neva "questions and answers with GUIDO" A) Ces Why the switch from printed letterhead for the invoices to the color dot matrix printed-logo? C) Neva (cheaper) B) Guido Ha. Neva gets it in one answer. C) Neva and he waited 20 years to ask that C) Neva and i've seen ces since then! A) Ces I figured it had to do with cost, but wasn't sure since a color dot matrix printer wasn't cheap back in those days. B) Guido Continuous paper also got the bills out faster. C) Neva however, it was a color dot matrix..so that was ahead of times, wasn't it? A) Ces So was printing those bills like printing money? :) C) Neva and there were thousands of bills! C) Neva so, guido, did you keep the user lists or anything? C) Neva i'd love to see a list of users B) Guido A little shy of money...but I did try and get them done right after midnight, then drove them to the post office downtown in the early morning. There wasn't a lot to my job. A) Ces haha A) Ces that's great A) Ces Well hopefully not too many users stiffed you with nonpayment. C) Neva and wasn't it neat to see all of us connect with each other and have the parties and gatherings? B) Guido That was mostly on diskette and I haven't tried loading one of those in decades. I have only 1 TRS-80. C) Neva laundry lurk Ces) /l SYSTEM REBOOTED 01/27-22:52 USERS ACTIVE: @) System Operator A) Ces B) Guido C) Neva >------===***===------< Ces) Guido, so you did tell your GF about RT (before you discovered RT2), right? A) Ces Guido, so you did tell your GF about RT (before you discovered RT2), right? B) Guido Neva, I kinka liked having virtural relationships. I wasn't sure about turning them real...but it worked out pleasantly. Ces) kid lurk A) Ces kid lurk C) Neva it did work pleasantly... C) Neva in fact..in october, billy pilgrim sought me out on myspace.com B) Guido Ces, yes she was an occasional user but did not get hooked. She recalls using "Sister Christian" as a handle. C) Neva and we are renewing our friendship...so my point is that we bonded way back then and they were bonds that stuck! C) Neva ces and i kept reconnecting over the years C) Neva i don't remember sister christian C) Neva wait..she was your girlfriend for the past 20 years? C) Neva was=has been? B) Guido Neva, right again on the 1st answer. D) Random LogON 01/28-21:27 C) Neva hey random! D) Random Hey! B) Guido ohmy, Hey Random C) Neva go get me a diet root beer, wouldya? E) Liz LogON 01/28-21:27 D) Random Guido! C) Neva hey liz! E) Liz Well, well, well D) Random Sure thing, Neva! C) Neva hehehe B) Guido and Liz, thanks for finding me. C) Neva oh..and i just found a post online with dusty but don't know what to do with it now E) Liz Hiya Neva... And Guido! How the heck have you been? B) Guido Seems my typing is off a bit from its peak, but otherwise doing fine. E) Liz Finding you was a fun challenge, Guido. I've been trying to think of other people to find but I'm having a hard time remembering their names. D) Random Like CC... we can't remember her last name. B) Guido I notice that my battery is down to 14% so I can exist awhile longer in this medium tonight. E) Liz How's Jimpen, Guido? E) Liz Yeah, and I had Cheshire Cat as a teacher and I can't remember her last name. Ces) Hey Liz A) Ces Hey Liz E) Liz Hiya Ces. Ces) Guido.. quick question A) Ces Guido.. quick question Ces) Do you remember the years (or even months) of the start/end of Rt? A) Ces Do you remember the years (or even months) of the start/end of Rt? B) Guido happy run.ly, he passed away a few years back, but had a good an E) Liz Oh, Guido, I'm sorry to hear that! Ces) I'm sorry to hear he's gone. I'm sure he's smiling at us though C) Neva me too!.. Ces) I'm sorry to hear he's gone. I'm sure he's smiling at us though :) A) Ces I'm sorry to hear he's gone. I'm sure he's smiling at us though :) B) Guido Whoops...retyped: Jimpen passed away a few years back but had a good and happy run. C) Neva and so he leaves us as a legacy