Acronyms

[KIPAX]

of course... i was just wondering as old jimmy used to say that x yrs ago... he might have been a bit of a techno whatsit...

you could and probably still can access the internet by wireless... just to be clear.. what everyone has now isnt connecting to the internet by wireless its still phone lines.. but you could do it by ham radio....

[maxwell silver]

One i first saw/heard was SNAFU,which i was told was used during wartime(which war i don't know)

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

lmfao= laughing my f*****g arse off

Unless your a certain little fairy then it means "laughing my fat arse off"

[KIPAX]

thunderbirds..... FAB

[KIPAX]

oh and all the valentine ones

[Neil]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

you could and probably still can access the internet by wireless...

It's only a few years ago I worked with a bloke who used packet radio. It is more of a BBS type system that true internet IIRC.

I can't remember if I first used BBS's using my Acorn Atom or an old CP/M machine I had ( I think that was the one with 8" floppies ). I do remember the modem was probably as big as the Atom was

[maxwell silver]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

thunderbirds..... FAB

Remember that,but never knew what it meant

[Neil]

Originally Posted by maxwell silver

Remember that,but never knew what it meant

From here

The characters use the radio sign-off "F.A.B." rather than "Roger" or "Over and out". Anderson was often asked what F.A.B. stood for, but in fact it simply stood for "fab" (short for "fabulous"), a 1960s catchphrase.

[KIPAX]

Originally Posted by Neil

I can't remember if I first used BBS's using my Acorn Atom or an old CP/M machine I had ( I think that was the one with 8" floppies ). I do remember the modem was probably as big as the Atom was

I wanted atari specific content so was phoning chester-le-street atari BBS and it was costing an absoloute fortune Google Page Ranking quarter... scary... but how amazing was that.. connecting to a computer 100 miles away by phone line... wernt we the wizz kids

[Neil]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

wernt we the wizz kids

Kids being the right word.

I bet the Atom and CP/M machine are still at my parents. There is an old 8088 PC there that still works. I would not be surprised if there are some 8" floppies still un-opened

[Neil]

Off topic as ever but here is a blast from the past

[jackyalex]

Originally Posted by Neil

Unless your a certain little fairy then it means "laughing my fat arse off"

now thats what i thought it meant,thats what i say it as,i dont swear in mine

[KIPAX]

Originally Posted by jackyalex

now thats what i thought it meant,thats what i say it as,i dont swear in mine

15 years and never used the F word online....yet some use it all the time.. they must like little asterix

[KIPAX]

Neil.. It looks like it needs a tape deck

[KIPAX]

FOAD
FFS

Rather nasty ones that i admit to using on maybe less than half a dozen occasions over the years...