From: phigan <phigan@cw.qc.to>

Do we really need to see ads in alt.bbs AND alt.bbs.general AND alt.bbs.ads?

�he last one is ��R ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½.

Which one is for actual messages? ;)

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From: TheCivvie <thecivvie@gmail-antispam.com>

On 07/04/2025 03:45, phigan wrote:

Do we really need to see ads in alt.bbs AND alt.bbs.general AND alt.bbs.ads?

�he last one is ��R ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½.

Which one is for actual messages? ;)

Given the lack of traffic, does it matter? The last non ad here was
December 2024. I think it is safe to say there is no discussion being interfered with

Sean

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From: TheCivvie <thecivvie@gmail-antispam.com>

On 09/04/2025 13:46, phigan wrote:

On 2025-04-09, TheCivvie <thecivvie@gmail-antispam.com> wrote:

Given the lack of traffic, does it matter? The last non ad here was
December 2024. I think it is safe to say there is no discussion being
interfered with

That's exactly the kind of attitude that hurts usenet. Putting more ads
here only kills it even more. If someone happens on this newgroup,
they're going to think "Oh this is just for spam" and never come back.
Why not treat it and make it the way you'd want it to be? You don't
actually want ads everywhere, do you?

Killing usenet, it is almost dead. I posted adverts here because there
was no traffic. It is NOT SPAM as it is related to the group topic. Spam
would be me advertising a hotel or something.

I understand your issue but as long as it is BBS related, it is not any harm

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From: TheCivvie <thecivvie@gmail-antispam.com>

On 09/04/2025 13:46, phigan wrote:

On 2025-04-09, TheCivvie <thecivvie@gmail-antispam.com> wrote:

Given the lack of traffic, does it matter? The last non ad here was
December 2024. I think it is safe to say there is no discussion being
interfered with

That's exactly the kind of attitude that hurts usenet. Putting more ads
here only kills it even more. If someone happens on this newgroup,
they're going to think "Oh this is just for spam" and never come back.
Why not treat it and make it the way you'd want it to be? You don't
actually want ads everywhere, do you?

But saying all I have, I will honour your ask and not post any ads here

Sean

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From: "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-8ji-this>

To: phigan

phigan wrote to alt.bbs <=-

Which CP/M machine and what software do you have? I keep wanting to do something with CP/M but just don't know what! With most computers, I've always usually watched demos, BBSed, did a little bit of art stuff, and read text files. When I say BBSed, I mean anything involving a
terminal, which was always most fun for me. I don't think I have
anything that runs CP/M and has a serial port, though. Wonder if there
any puzzle games for it.

Did Infocom's text games originally run on CP/M?



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