Re: I miss Gerry Quinn

On Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:33:25 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:27:03 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
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Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(

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I've been here for over 30 years. Only death is going to take me away.

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I can't remember how long I've been here, but it's far less than that. I
think Spalls has an archive dating back to before the eternal September.
Maybe he can tell me?

Nope. Although you can still search Google News for older stuff if you
need to. Google stopped updating it* in February 2024, but anything
older than that can still be found.

The earliest one I found in c.s.i.p.g.action through Google and using
the nickname "Mike S." was from November 2 1994, regarding "Carrier
Command". Of course, the name may refer to somebody else but it's as
close as I could get. As for the game, Mikey liked it! ;-)
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/c/0F1kP8yklS4/m/QOfilI3U_acJ


Of course, Google's archive isn't complete; it only goes back to late
1994. There are probably earlier "Mike S." posts that are, sadly, now
lost to history.


My personal archive is of my own posts only, because yes, I really am
that self involved. ;-) Other people's names only show up in posts
I've responded to.








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* More precisely, Google cut access to users to newer posts after that
date. I have no doubt that they still harvest data from Usenet to this
day.