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| DATE:Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:45:11 From:Leigh Torgerson <torg@mjmpost.com> To:qlinklives@lycos.com Just found your site! I signed up for Q-LINK in 1985 or so - I even kept a running log of what I downloaded, etc., which I'll peruse this week to see if there are any anecdotes of interest. Can't remember my screen name, but I'll see if it's in my log. I spent hours on Q-LINK of course - I still remember how absolutely thrilled I was to move up from a 300-baud modem to the 1200-baud modem. I still have my C-128, 2 drives and the monitor in the rafters in the garage - wife is insisting that I get rid of them (sigh) - so I figured I'd search the web for emulators and ways to wire up my 1571 drives to my PC to transfer my software collection before selling the old C128 system (it's bizzare to think that I can probably get the whole 4-foot shelf of old Commodore software on to one or two Zip drives!).. ran across your site during that search. Anyway, your site is a nice nostalgia-trip! Regards, Leigh *** Hi Al - I looked over my notebook last night - unfortunately I don't have my old screen name written down in it anywhere - but it was instructive to look at the change in the character of the log from 1986 when it starts to maybe 1992 or 3 when I filled the notebook up and quit keeping computer notes off line: '86-'90: Commodore 64/128 and Q-Link (plus GEnie and the CBM forum on Compuserve) - every note in the log has to do with what games / graphics / SIDs I had D/L'd or tried or chatted about with others. Notes on good places to hang out, interesting BBS systems to explore, maps I used to draw when playing adventure games - in short, nearly 100% enjoyment. Then from 1990 on: IBM PC enters the picture - and from then on, nearly every single log entry has something to do with buggy software, where to download patches, problems connecting, problems, problems, problems. We were all kept so busy trying to get a stable system and to keep up with the technical advances (CGA to EGA to VG to SVGA; DOS 2 to 3 to 5+; dozens of programs designed to patch up DOS/Windoze like Quarterdeck's QEMM, etc.) we forgot how to just have fun with the computer and enjoy it! Meanwhile, I'll keep an eye on qlinklives! regards, Leigh