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person:ille_homine_albe [2021/04/29 01:50] – [Rob's recollection] Fix link to Baron's song with Cassle digital manperson:ille_homine_albe [2022/01/17 01:48] – [The BBS Years] Add a user editor screen mock up that Steve provided me back in 1991 digital man
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 Eventually, the band would fizzle, but Steve and I remained friends and Steve would spend a lot of time logged into my BBS and/or talking with me on the phone. In the early 1990's I would ultimately write my own BBS software (to replace the WWIV BBS software I was using). Steve provided technical (e.g. C programming and debugging) tips, but he also gave me the suggested name of "Synchronet", which I liked immediately. Eventually, the band would fizzle, but Steve and I remained friends and Steve would spend a lot of time logged into my BBS and/or talking with me on the phone. In the early 1990's I would ultimately write my own BBS software (to replace the WWIV BBS software I was using). Steve provided technical (e.g. C programming and debugging) tips, but he also gave me the suggested name of "Synchronet", which I liked immediately.
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 +Steve would make other suggestions to me for the BBS and its software, like this mock-up of a user information/editor screen that he prepared for me in July of 1991 (you can see his personality and the signs of the times, e.g. 2400bps, here, but definitely see his influence on Synchronet):
 +<code>
 +Acct: Ille Homine Albe #4, bastille, 213-378-4903, 2400
 +User: Steve Deschaine, 32 M 05/22/58
 +Test: 26/25  Propeller-head
 +Syst: 386DX-25 4096K ISA HGC, 2-RLL 115M
 +Actv: 09/10/89, $0 paid 0 days
 +Cmmt: r0dent-terrorizer
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 +Main: 99  ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ    Rstr: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
 +Xfer: 99  ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ    Exem: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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 +Stat: total today   last
 +Logn:   214     3   12/17/90 18:01
 +Time:  1281    58
 +Mail:    55     4   12/17/90   10 sysop, 4 pending
 +Post:   112     0   12/15/90
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 +Upld: 4,294,967,295 bytes in 65535 files
 +Dnld: 4,294,967,295 bytes in 65535 files
 +Pnts: 4,294,967,295
 +</code>
  
 Around this time period Steve was working as a firmware engineer at General Automation (frequently referred to as "GA"). He worked in the office strange hours and he would sometimes bring me to his work to see the offices, the cube farms and PCB assembly lines all quiet while almost all the employees were home asleep. Steve would tell me about what he was working on, show me code listings and documents he was working on. I was fascinated by Steve's knowledge and programming skills and many years later, I too would become a professional firmware engineer, always reminded of Steve's early inspiration and encouragement to me. Around this time period Steve was working as a firmware engineer at General Automation (frequently referred to as "GA"). He worked in the office strange hours and he would sometimes bring me to his work to see the offices, the cube farms and PCB assembly lines all quiet while almost all the employees were home asleep. Steve would tell me about what he was working on, show me code listings and documents he was working on. I was fascinated by Steve's knowledge and programming skills and many years later, I too would become a professional firmware engineer, always reminded of Steve's early inspiration and encouragement to me.

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