Original Message Date: 27 Nov 91  23:13:12
From: Gary Vedvik on 1:102/1006
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: FIDOHIST.ZIP STRUCT2.ZIP
^AMSGID: 1:102/1006@fidonet.org a5965660
Hiya Tom, I managed fall a little behind in reading the weekly fidonews, 
but after catching up and noticing your call for "old-stuff" I couln't 
resist shooting off a message to you.

I have a couple of oldies but goodies attached (fidohist and struct2). You 
may have already received them from someone else, but what the hell.  I 
EVEN still have a copy of 2 versions of minitel!  Want 'em? I'd be MORE 
than happy to ship 'em to ya -- just let me know. Look ma! No stamps!

    minitel  exe     44928 06-05-85  12:33p
    minitel2 exe     45056 01-23-85   9:55a

Pardon me while I walk down memory lane in your mail-box. :)

I remember using these two programs for quite a while.  I loved them -- 
mostly for their simplicity.  I think they were also a partial motivator 
for me to teach myself C.  The phone book lookup was great and to date I 
still don't know of a (strictly) telecommunications program that uses 
anything like it.  I'm refering to the string search.

I remember using Fido v7m (I think that was it).  I had just started 
getting interested in modeming (is that a verb?) using RBBS and stumbled 
upon this funky program called Fido.  I couldn't resist running it.  It 
was so -- different from the other (few) BBS's out there.  I immediately 
applied to you for a node number -- node 52 it was.  I think node 51 
belonged to one of the guys in St.Louis!  Wasn't it Ken Kaplin -- or was 
that Ben Baker?

Tom its all your fault!  I blame you for getting me hooked on BBSing and 
being involved with the network in my corner of the world from that point 
on.  Its all your fault -- and I can't thank you enough. :)

Let me know if ya want those 2 versions of minitel and I'll send 'em right 
away.

BTW, any news on the video cassettes of FidoCon?  (Flashback!  I remember 
seeing a single column article in SOME rag that had your picture in it.)  
Sorry, I didn't keep that one. :)

Anyway, I've always wanted to see the faces behind the messages.  I'd love 
to go some year.  Maybe FidoCon can be held in Vegas some year, or better 
yet here in southern california!

Gary...

