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Posted by jmc on 08/11/06 10:46
Suddenly, without warning, Gordon Hudson exclaimed (11-Aug-06 5:49 PM):
> "Dylan Parry" <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in message
> news:4k2shnFabrovU1@individual.net...
>> Gordon Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> There is a virtual packet of sweets for anyone who can answer the
>>> question:
>>>
>>> "What does the anacronym TUCOWS stand for?"
>> IIRC it's "The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software". What are the
>> virtual sweets? :)
>
> Thats correct.
> Virtual sweets are virtually edible but have only virtual calories.
>
>>> I already know the answer but I am very very old and it might amuse some
>>> of
>>> the younger readers.
>> I'm 24. Surely I'm not old? :s
>
> Must have been an early starter.
> I remember trying to get PS/2 machines to connect via modems and trawling
> tucows for winsock software.
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>
>
ooh! ooh! Can I play?
I remember connecting to bbses. I can't remember why but think I was
looking for software...
The first computer I ever owned was a Commodore Vic20. With a "tape"
drive. I was poor, so used 30-minute audio tapes for data storage.
Through some weird set of circumstances after I graduated, my Vic20
ended up in my college's "computer museum", where I saw it in the late
90s. Still had the "peek" and "poke" numbers I'd taped on it way back
when (1980 or thereabouts).
And, I was almost right, I remembered it as "The Ultimate Collection Of
Windows Software"
jmc
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