Subj : Re: RIP C.G. Learn - Sysop of Valhalla B
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Fri Nov 25 2022 08:26 am

On 24 Nov 2022 at 01:52a, Ward Dossche pondered and said...

WD> Person was terminal with cancer in a hospice with his Fido-machine with
WD> him.
WD> There were like multiple connections with his system and while he was in
WD> his hospital room, the machine stayed on. When he blew his last breath
WD> hospital staff within a minute or two powered-down the PC ... The
WD> failure to establish a next session marked the moment.

golly, yes I can now understand how this led to certain knowledge of his status... I'm not sure as much as I like BBSing I'd want to have a system running FTN software humming alongside me as I lay dying though.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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