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oldbwl · 08-14-2010, 06:23 AM

A newbie to this forum, I am Oldbwl aka Dan. I live in a village called Old Ynysybwl and have been on the 'scene' since before the Web, having run large a large Buletin Board and was an active node in Fidonet (bet very few here remember that! LOL!)

Used to read a lot. then stopped almost completely, but now back a again with a vengeance, I have a Sony PRS-300 which serves a purpose, although I really do wish it had a few facilities I really miss (like search and find, or better bookmark management) but hey as reading goes it does me fine.

I am irritated by the poor formatting of many public domain offerings and spend a lot of time addressing this. Like the look of this forum, I think I will lurk a while then see where I can dip in a toe or three.

Stitchawl · 08-14-2010, 06:37 AM

Hi Dan! Welcome to the MobileRead forums. I think you'll be very happy with the public domain books we have right here in the MR e-book download forum. Members have proofed these books, adjusted to look, and put them up in various formats for us to download and enjoy. Have look!

Stitchawl

Lexi Revellian · 08-14-2010, 06:46 AM

Can anyone whose name doesn't end in 'wl' post here?

And what's an Opsimath?

Questions, questions...

(Oh, hi, Dan!)

neilmarr · 08-14-2010, 07:38 AM

Good to have your company, Dan. Best wishes. Neil

thinkpad · 08-14-2010, 07:41 AM

Hi and welcome to MR Dan. BBS boards was a bit before my time. Talk about old school

What was it back then 14 k modems? I remember sitting on a 33.6 K modem. That was slow enough

especially when it came to viewing pictures. Not too bad for viewing text.

oldbwl · 08-14-2010, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Hi and welcome to MR Dan. BBS boards was a bit before my time. Talk about old school

What was it back then 14 k modems? I remember sitting on a 33.6 K modem. That was slow enough

especially when it came to viewing pictures. Not too bad for viewing text.

I remember the excitement of moving from 14k to 28.8k then 33k. Configuring Allfix and Proboard, writing in ASCII code, oh yes, very 'Old School'

I even had a Technics 6 CD changer on which I loaded Minerva Disks with Shareware and free ware programs, Peeps would dial in to download progs all night long - with those speeds you had to be on all night. The phone bill costs were horrendous? LOL!!!

oldbwl · 08-14-2010, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lexi Revellian

a) Can anyone whose name doesn't end in 'wl' post here?

b) And what's an Opsimath?

(Oh, hi, Dan!)

a) Well you just did
b) If I gave you the answer, then you would be one... but you knew that so is the question an oxymoron?

(and thanks for the Hi, right back at you)

GeoffC · 08-14-2010, 08:36 AM

Hi Dan

Welcome to mobileread ....

If you are growing old disgracefully - does that mean you sing in one of the Choirs !!

oldbwl · 08-14-2010, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Hi Dan

does that mean you sing in one of the Choirs !!

I only do solos and only in the shower. LOL!!, no requests sorry.

MickeyC · 08-14-2010, 08:50 AM

Hi Dan and welcome to MobileRead. I remember Bulletin Board very well. In fact, I first got on line via Compuserve and a 9k modem that had been included in a package with a 60Mg hard drive. No graphics in those days and no eBook readers either.

happy_terd · 08-14-2010, 09:49 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

Sandra Edwards · 08-14-2010, 10:57 AM

Greetings and welcome to MR!

Sandy

Valmore Daniels · 08-14-2010, 01:31 PM

welcome from North America

I had to google Ynysybwl - It looks very picturesque !

Javed · 08-15-2010, 04:17 AM

Hello Dan and welcome to MobileRead!

Lexi Revellian · 08-15-2010, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldbwl

a) Well you just did
b) If I gave you the answer, then you would be one... but you knew that so is the question an oxymoron?

(and thanks for the Hi, right back at you)

a) Ah, but I didn't know I could before I clicked Submit Reply...

b) I've looked up opsimath now. Hurrah, a new word, albeit one that no one will understand and Chrome doesn't recognize.

08-14-2010, 06:23 AM	#1
oldbwl Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 164 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Old Ynysybwl Device: Sony PRS-300	Just Joined A newbie to this forum, I am Oldbwl aka Dan. I live in a village called Old Ynysybwl and have been on the 'scene' since before the Web, having run large a large Buletin Board and was an active node in Fidonet (bet very few here remember that! LOL!) Used to read a lot. then stopped almost completely, but now back a again with a vengeance, I have a Sony PRS-300 which serves a purpose, although I really do wish it had a few facilities I really miss (like search and find, or better bookmark management) but hey as reading goes it does me fine. I am irritated by the poor formatting of many public domain offerings and spend a lot of time addressing this. Like the look of this forum, I think I will lurk a while then see where I can dip in a toe or three.

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Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Hi Dan! Welcome to the MobileRead forums. I think you'll be very happy with the public domain books we have right here in the MR e-book download forum. Members have proofed these books, adjusted to look, and put them up in various formats for us to download and enjoy. Have look! Stitchawl

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