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BBS News: AND THE SYSTEM WENT BANG!

Posted on Saturday, 16. March 1996 by hmvh

At about 15:00 on 13-03-1996 the HMVH Corporation BBS died, invariably due to a lightning strike in the immediate vicinity. The motherboard and the controller card, as well as an I/O card in my other machine had to be replaced. … Continue reading →

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BBS News: THAT’S DONE!

Posted on Thursday, 27. July 1995 by hmvh

Right, the 1Gig is in, a new CPU with more punch… but still a god-damn noisy line… I can’t even get my own mail! Until that’s sorted out I’ll casually add on more files, if that’s alright with you and … Continue reading →

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BBS News: RELIANCE

Posted on Wednesday, 26. July 1995 by hmvh

Bummer! The new hard drive has not been installed yet, my supplier has taken ill. And while we’re on bad news, the line noise fault has not yet been resolved either: A couple of Telkom monkeys came past, and it … Continue reading →

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BBS News: A FEW CHANGES IN THE PIPELINE

Posted on Wednesday, 19. July 1995 by hmvh

I have a few changes lined up for the BBS, the first being another hard drive for the tons of new files I have accumulated. A few improvements in the layout are also envisaged, but I’d like your advice on … Continue reading →

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BBS News: Back at 14400

Posted on Sunday, 14. May 1995 by hmvh

Changing to lower gear: I’m having so much shit with this USR 28k8 of mine I’ve decided to slap the old generic piece of rubbish 14400 back in (at least it works) until I know exactly what’s going on with … Continue reading →

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