A summary for those that haven't been keeping up with this series:
I found a number of 5.25" disks at a thrift store several years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25" disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here.
Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie who used to run the “Close Encounters” Special Interest Group (SIG) on Delphi in the mid 1980s.
A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: “This SIG, known as 'Close Encounters', is a forum for the discussion of relationships that develop via computer services like the Source, CompuServe, and Delphi. Our primary emphasis is on the sexual aspects of those relationships.”
This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used on your computer to dial in to Delphi’s servers. Many of these disks have forum messages, e-mails and chat session logs. All of this is pre-internet stuff and I don’t know if there are any archives in existence today of what was on Delphi in the 1980s. In any case, much of this stuff would have been private at the time and probably wouldn't exist in such archives even if they existed.
This post includes the contents of DM1111.DOC which appears to have been created November 11th, 2005. Like the last post, there's quite a bit in this one too. This is basically another dump of an e-mail session. Check out the ASCII map of Gainesville, Florida. I went to school there so I'm familiar with the area. I don't think I ever would have had the patience to make that map though. The things that had to be done before Mapquest and Google Maps...
Actually, the map and other ASCII art mostly looks like garbage in this post. I haven't figured out how to get this stuff to format correctly on Steemit. The PRE tag is useless here but works well other places. I'll repost later with better formatting elsewhere. If anybody has any ideas how to make this stuff look better here, let me know.
See the previous post here.
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# From Date Subject
1 BOS1A::RODM 4-NOV-1985 art
2 BOS1A::RODM 4-NOV-1985 Less specific version
3 BOS1A::RODM 4-NOV-1985 sent from ws!
4 BOS1A::RODM 4-NOV-1985 Repeating is good !
5 BOS1A::RODM 4-NOV-1985 U R N MY HRT
6 BOS1A::RODM 5-NOV-1985 u - ok?
7 BOS1A::RODM 5-NOV-1985 Illustrated !
8 BOS1A::RODM 5-NOV-1985 I LOVE YOU !!!!
9 BOS1A::RODM 5-NOV-1985 Hi!
10 BOS1A::CABUYS 5-NOV-1985 RE: u - ok?
11 BOS1A::CABUYS 5-NOV-1985 RE: Illustrated !
12 BOS1A::CABUYS 5-NOV-1985 sigh
13 BOS1A::JOHNMYSELF 5-NOV-1985 re sexual fantasy
14 BOS1A::CABUYS 5-NOV-1985 sex pos two co
15 BOS1A::CABUYS 6-NOV-1985 RE: re sexual fantasy
16 BOS1A::CABUYS 6-NOV-1985 sig managers conference
17 BOS1A::CABUYS 6-NOV-1985 RE: polls & maintenance
18 BOS1A::JOEY 6-NOV-1985 RE: sig managers conference
19 BOS1A::RODM 6-NOV-1985 I'm Back!!
20 BOS1A::JOHNMYSELF 6-NOV-1985 RE: sig managers conference
21 BOS1A::JOHNNAPLES 7-NOV-1985 My absence
22 BOS1A::CABUYS 7-NOV-1985 RE: sig managers conference
23 BOS1A::TSBJR 8-NOV-1985 OURTALK
24 BOS1A::TSBJR 8-NOV-1985 OURTALK-2
25 BOS1A::JOHNMYSELF 8-NOV-1985 RE: sig managers conference
26 BOS1A::RODM 9-NOV-1985 Please help.
27 BOS1A::RODM 9-NOV-1985 ref letter
28 BOS1A::RODM 9-NOV-1985 specialxD copy
29 BOS1A::RODM 9-NOV-1985 MAP
30 BOS1A::RODM 9-NOV-1985 to fix page break
31 BOS1A::CABUYS 9-NOV-1985 sig managers conference
32 BOS1A::JOEY 9-NOV-1985 RE: sig managers conference
33 BOS1A::JOHNMYSELF 9-NOV-1985 Interesting mail
34 BOS1A::PRINCESS 9-NOV-1985 hiya [hugs] talk soon??
35 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985 I'll call Sunday or Monday!
36 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985 conference
37 BOS1A::JOEY 10-NOV-1985 RE: conference
38 BOS1A::PRINCESS 10-NOV-1985 ok, will look forward to call [hug]
39 BOS1A::JAYTEE 10-NOV-1985 QUESTION OF AGE
40 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985 sig stuff
41 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985 membership list
42 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985
43 BOS1A::CABUYS 10-NOV-1985 I'm a little copycat [hehehehe]!!
44 BOS1A::ELLISCO 10-NOV-1985 tpug
45 BOS1A::ELLISCO 10-NOV-1985 more on TPUG
46 BOS1A::PRINCESS 10-NOV-1985 enjoyed our talk ... will talk again soo
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#1 4-NOV-1985 02:53:54 MAIL
From: BOS1A::RODM
To: CABUYS,RODM
Subj: art
My DELICOUS Darling Connie,
I tried to post in 'Art' something like this before but was doing
something wrong.
I am sending this to you again for you to KNOW !
AND if it isn't too personal then would you post it in the art gallery?
IF it is to Specific for the gallery then just post it in your heart
AND post the following version in the gallery.
I LOVE YOU !
Morthove,
Rod
MY MY MY MY
MY MY MY MY
MY MYMY MY
MY MY MY
MY MY
MY CABUYS MY
MY MY
MY (CONNIE) MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY
Look Who's In MY Heart !
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#2 4-NOV-1985 02:55:14 MAIL
From: BOS1A::RODM
To: CABUYS,RODM
Subj: Less specific version
MY MY MY MY
MY MY MY MY
MY MYMY MY
MY MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY YOU! MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY
Look Who's In MY Heart !
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#3 4-NOV-1985 03:10:26 MAIL
From: BOS1A::RODM
To: CABUYS,RODM
Subj: sent from ws!
MY MY MY MY
MY MY MY MY
MY MYMY MY
MY MY MY
MY MY
MY CABUYS MY
MY MY
MY (CONNIE) MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY MY
MY
Look Who's In MY Heart !
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#4 4-NOV-1985 22:52:00 MAIL
From: BOS1A::RODM
To: CABUYS,RODM
Subj: Repeating is good !
My Beloved Darling Connie,
Just as it is important to repeat "I LOVE YOU" I ran accross something
that perhaps I should repeat so here it is again My Love:
At first there was only a few words on a screen,
And even those were only occasionally seen.
Then I sent questions of panic on the phone.
Oh how could I have possibly known,
That after meeting face to face,
My heart would pound at such a pace,
And that a person who was once a curiousity,
Would become the focus of my very destiny.
Love and life have shown me what now must be my destiny,
And what endless love and happiness will soon be given to me.
But there are yet some commitments and decisions to be made,
And some pain and prices to be paid.
When all of that is finished and done,
A love lasting the rest of my life will be won.
I know you are feeling the pain of waiting,
But our life together will be worth the getting.
I cannot now be all you would have me to be,
But when that day comes you will have ALL of me!
With ALL My Love,
Rod
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