I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it. I got a Courier
through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to
prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the price.
Came with a brass tag on the case that said something, can't recall what though. I still have it somewhere in the back of a closet. :-)

I wish mine still worked! That was the best modem I ever had.

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Re: Re: Looking For Screensho
By: MIKE POWELL to GAMGEE on Fri Feb 27 2026 09:44 am

I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it. I got a Courier through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to
prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the price. Came with a brass tag on the case that said something, can't recall what though. I still have it somewhere in the back of a closet. :-)

I wish mine still worked! That was the best modem I ever had.

I was also a member of the USR sysop program back when it first began. All three of the HSTs I got were free (but I had to send back the old one in order to get the new one.) I still have the last one and it still works.

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Re: Re: Looking For Screensho
By: Bf2k+ to MIKE POWELL on Fri Feb 27 2026 09:30 pm

Re: Re: Looking For Screensho
By: MIKE POWELL to GAMGEE on Fri Feb 27 2026 09:44 am

I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it. I got a Courier through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the
price. Came with a brass tag on the case that said something,
can't recall what though. I still have it somewhere in the back
of a closet. :-)

I wish mine still worked! That was the best modem I ever had.

I was also a member of the USR sysop program back when it first
began. All three of the HSTs I got were free (but I had to send back
the old one in order to get the new one.) I still have the last one
and it still works.

i knew a guy who was in the free modem program.
bbs.sobbs.org looks like he has some problems.
aw well. that's how the cookie crubles.

on another note a google search turned up that the.bbs.org archives are back online


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MIKE POWELL wrote to GAMGEE <=-

I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it. I got a Courier
through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to
prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the price.
Came with a brass tag on the case that said something, can't recall what though. I still have it somewhere in the back of a closet. :-)

I wish mine still worked! That was the best modem I ever had.

There was a guy on one of the shadier BBSes around ("The Pirate's
Hollow") that claimed he could reprogram an eprom on a Sportster to get
it to run DS like the Courier did.

I do remember the sysop programs. I had to settle for whatever my job
phased out/tossed out - when they went 14.4, I got a 9600 baud modem.
When they went 28.8, I went 14.4.






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I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it. I got a Courier through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the price. Came with a brass tag on the case that said something, can't recall what though. I still have it somewhere in the back of a closet. :-)

I wish mine still worked! That was the best modem I ever had.

I was also a member of the USR sysop program back when it first began. All three of the HSTs I got were free (but I had to send back the old one in order
to get the new one.) I still have the last one and it still works.

Either mine quit working after you could exchange them *or* I had forgotten that I could exchange it. :( Glad you have one that still works! ;)


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Re: Re: Looking For Screensho
By: poindexter FORTRAN to MIKE POWELL on Sat Feb 28 2026 08:28 am

POIN> There was a guy on one of the shadier BBSes around ("The Pirate's
POIN> Hollow") that claimed he could reprogram an eprom on a Sportster to get POIN> it to run DS like the Courier did.
POIN>
POIN> I do remember the sysop programs. I had to settle for whatever my job

I've heard that before, some guy said he did it before. He was one of the guys Who did the free modem program for sysops, too.

Not sure if it was legit.

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