<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have just dug up a similar message from me joining the stationary engine list in June 1998. I probably joined the Antique Tractor list a bit after that. The first message from that I can find is me asking about parts for the cultivators for my Cub in August 1999<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So 20 years I’ve been here - not as long as some, but in internet years that’s about 87 I think.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 15, 2019, at 8:18 PM, Richard Walker <<a href="mailto:richardwalker@pobox.com" class="">richardwalker@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">Thought you fellow dinosaurs might find this interesting. The
original ATIS subscription e-mail sent to me after first
subscribing in 1995.</p><p class="">- Richard Walker<br class="">
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class="">What is
it: OO @@@@@
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A non-moderated undigested electronic mailing list server. This
server has
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been created for the electronic distribution of information
concerning old
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farm tractors and related equipment. This is the primary component
of what
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I call the "Antique Tractor Forum". Additional services in the
"forum"
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are: a digest list, an archive server, and a gopher server. The
world wide
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web server at Forsyth county also contains links to the gopher
server and
<br class="">
to the antique mechanics home page at the University of California,
Davis. You may join just the digest list, but unfortunately there
are some
<br class="">
restrictions(software's restrictions, not mine) in replying. To get
around
<br class="">
this, join the regular list as well, but set your account to nomail.
This
<br class="">
way you can participate fully.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class=""> Who is this
for?: </blockquote>
</blockquote>
Anyone who wants to help
make and maintain an e-mail network of old tractor
<br class="">
lovers, parts suppliers, and just plain interested persons. Anytime
you
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wish to contribute, simply mail your message to: <br class="">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:antique-tractor@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us">antique-tractor@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us</a>
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class=""> Manager:
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This list server is a NON-MODERATED list but I, Spencer Yost, (see
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signature below), will manage it. I will do my utmost to keep it
running
<br class="">
and will not edit nor censure (translation: "remove from list") a
user for
<br class="">
any reason, however, my employer retains that right(it's their
machine). If they tell me to trash any user, or the entire list, I
must oblige.
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<br class="">
I am facilitating on my own time using the county VAX. Therefore,
any mail
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messages you send directly to me, I will not be able to respond to
until my
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lunch or evening hours, so it may take me some time to get back to
you.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class=""> Wish list from
the manager:
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</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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- We conduct ourselves as Ladies and Gentlemen, refraining from
poor
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taste,language and judgement. (lest employer kills list)
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- We keep items relevant to ANTIQUE tractors, implements and farm
engines
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(No 1994 modified turbo 4WD stump jumpers here!).
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class=""> Fine print:
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All opinions, facts, figures, and etc. in any mail message you
may receive
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from this list are presumed to belong to the author and have NO
reflection
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or bearing on Forsyth County Government. Forsyth County Government
nor the
<br class="">
manager endorse or guarantee any information, methodologies or
products
<br class="">
mentioned in any message.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class="">Archive:
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</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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Messages will be archived for as long as possible. This currently
looks to
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be a real long time (-:% There is an automated archive server.
Send a one
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line email message that reads "send archive" to (you must be a
regular list
<br class="">
member): <br class="">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:atfileserver@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us">atfileserver@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us</a>
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Archives are available via the gopher server as well.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class="">A word of thanks:
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Thanks for subscribing and I hope that this relationship is
profitable for
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ALL parties involved.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="" class="">Signature:
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| Spencer William Yost | Mis
Department |
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| Vax/VMS Systems Manager | Forsyth County
Government |
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| <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Yost@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us">Yost@ledger.co.forsyth.nc.us</a>
| 200 N. Main St Room 603 |
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| (910) 727 - 2597 ext. 3020 | Hall Of
Justice |
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| | Winston-Salem NC
27101 |
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