[[ 7-27-2007 - Cosmos mentions he was one of the last 8 users on RT ]] C) Ces I was able to pass out of the meager computer classes they offered at the time. That was neat. A) Cosmos ahhh. I continued through highschool, so I could go out downtown, Didnt get in the qway of my dating. A) Cosmos Dad was an electronics engineer so we always had multiple computers.... brother and I often logged on at the same time.. from differnt rooms. Ces) cool. C) Ces cool. Ces) So what do you remember about the end of RT? C) Ces So what do you remember about the end of RT? A) Cosmos I was one of the last 8 logged on when the cut the lines.. I think my dad may have old log fiels on 8.5 inch floppies. Ces) oh man, that is great. Any chance you can resurrect the old scrools? C) Ces oh man, that is great. Any chance you can resurrect the old scrools? Ces) That would be a superb addition to the archives. C) Ces That would be a superb addition to the archives. A) Cosmos WHen I get back to the house... I hasve to dig through a lot of disks but I will try. Ces) The other problem is getting an 8 inch drive to read them. And an OS. Maybe they were 5.25 inch disks? C) Ces The other problem is getting an 8 inch drive to read them. And an OS. Maybe they were 5.25 inch disks? Ces) Maybe Argent can help. Or Merlin. C) Ces Maybe Argent can help. Or Merlin. A) Cosmos they may have been.. but dad has all his old equipment. it may be he can still read it. Ces) What kinds of PCs were you guys using back in those days? C) Ces What kinds of PCs were you guys using back in those days? A) Cosmos If I can find the disks in the archive that is the first step... at one point i had printouts... but I knwo those got thrown out when my parents moved otu to the country. A) Cosmos 8088 adn 8086, and a home made CP/M machine... Ces) Neat. Heck, if the scrools were taken on one of the Intel machines, it would be a snap to get them captured. C) Ces it would be a snap to get them captured.n one of the Intel machines, Ces) woah.line bug there. C) Ces woah.line bug there. Ces) what I was saying was that if the scrools were captured on of A) Cosmos My assumption is it was the CP/M machines.. as I woudlnt have left the pc logged in nonstop for days.. but who knows that was years ago. Ces) what I was saying was that if the scrools were captured on of the Intel-based machines.. C) Ces what I was saying was that if the scrools were captured on of the Intel-based machines.. Ces) then it would be easy to get them over to the website. C) Ces then it would be easy to get them over to the website. A) Cosmos yeah... that wpould be the easiest. Ces) When might you get time to look for the disks? C) Ces When might you get time to look for the disks? B) merlin LogON 07/27-21:13 B) merlin howdee Ces) Her merl. C) Ces Her merl. Ces) uh...hey merl C) Ces uh...hey merl B) merlin hey ces Ces) Good to see you back here. C) Ces Good to see you back here. A) Cosmos It may be a while.. I was just thee a few weeks back.. A) Cosmos Hello Merlin B) merlin i wander in now and then B) merlin hi cos B) merlin certainly not the rt of yesteryear but its ok Ces) What we have seen is that folks will discover RT2 and spend some time here, but the novelty wears off and they drift away. C) Ces What we have seen is that folks will discover RT2 and spend some time here, but the novelty wears off and they drift away. A) Cosmos Yeah.. the time zone makes it rough on me. B) merlin well you dont have the influz of new blood llike in the old days Ces) good points. C) Ces good points. B) merlin teens and twenty somethings kept it hoping Ces) yep C) Ces yep B) merlin there was no Internet Ces) I can't see this appealing to kids now.. maybe in 10 years B) merlin aleast not what the average joe could access Ces) I can't see this appealing to kids now.. maybe in 10 years it'll be more retro and might have some appearl. C) Ces I can't see this appealing to kids now.. maybe in 10 years it'll be more retro and might have some appearl. B) merlin Im amazed at what little activity it has gotten A) Cosmos pong is retro cool again. CB simulators may follow suit. B) merlin i like my wii B) merlin but I just use the bowling program Ces) Like Merl, I'm surprised at the traffic we have seen here. C) Ces Like Merl, I'm surprised at the traffic we have seen here. B) merlin Ive heard that jimpens son was on here Ces) I haven't ever used a wii C) Ces I haven't ever used a wii Ces) Guido was here C) Ces Guido was here Ces) I chatted withh im one night about the end of RT C) Ces I chatted withh im one night about the end of RT Ces)