[ale] OT: Woah, retro!

[Frank Zamenski]

> If memory serves, a Fossil driver was a standard serial port driver
> used by BBS systems to access modems.  It provided a standard way
> to talk to the various wierd modem standards of the day.

Yeah, big for BBS online games and 'doors' programs.... 

> 
> 
> F. Grant Robertson wrote:
> > 
> > Reminds me of my ol' 3/60 with the 20" trinitron.  64M comprised of 
8x8M DIMM's, and external _everything_.  At the time I bought it I 
actually convinced some guy that owned a surplus comany to self finance 
me for it. This was only shortly after I decided I wanted something 
cooler than Coherent for intel :)
> > 
> > Ah, the days when you actually had to _work_ to have your own unix 
box.. it's all so easy now. We are _all_ such geeks, as I asked Russ 
earlier, I'll give anyone here 10 geek cool points if they remeber what 
a Fossil driver was.
> > 
> > -G
> > 
> > Geek cool points not redeemable for prizes, cash value 1/10000th of 
1 cent. Not valid in Tennesee, can not be combined with any other offer.
> > 
> 
> 
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