• Bob Ackley

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Sun Dec 8 23:54:44 2019
    Hello All.

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Sean Dennis on Mon Dec 9 11:10:58 2019
    Hello All.

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Very sad... just 74 IIRC...RIP Bob.

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  • From Dale Barnes@1:106/201 to Sean Dennis on Wed Dec 11 16:36:36 2019
    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob"
    Ackley passed away on
    November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Thank You Sean,

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Dale Barnes on Wed Dec 11 19:25:00 2019
    Hello Dale!

    ** 11.12.19 - 16:36, Dale Barnes wrote to Sean Dennis:

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed
    away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Thank You Sean,

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?


    According to the handy nodelist lookup:

    https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua

    ..he operated several BBS systems from 2002 to 2012




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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dale Barnes on Thu Dec 12 20:56:02 2019
    Dale Barnes wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dale Barnes on Fri Dec 13 08:31:52 2019

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?

    1/18/2002 > 5/16/2012

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Sean Dennis on Fri Dec 13 08:33:32 2019

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with
    Fidonet?

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    You became a sysop in 1999.
    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    \%/@rd

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Ward Dossche on Fri Dec 13 18:33:48 2019
    On 13/12/2019 1:33 a.m., Ward Dossche : Sean Dennis wrote:

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    You became a sysop in 1999.
    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    Hello Ward,

    One can be a sysop first and operating an independent system long before being (fido) nodelisted. ;)

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  • From Terry Roati@3:640/1321 to August Abolins on Sat Dec 14 09:09:10 2019

    On Dec 13, 2019 06:33pm, August Abolins wrote to Ward Dossche:

    One can be a sysop first and operating an independent system long
    before being (fido) nodelisted. ;)

    I had a temporary node of 6:750/117 for some months before I got 6:751/301 so it's quite possible it was only locally nodelisted. I cannot find 6:750/117 in any of the search databases.

    I also looked at an old setup of Front Door and the nodelist used then was for Region 64 Fidonet Philippines only, but can't remember why.

    In the early 90's there were issues in being able to get an international
    feed.

    Terry

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ward Dossche on Sat Dec 14 17:39:06 2019
    Hello Ward.

    13 Dec 19 08:33, you wrote to me:

    You became a sysop in 1999.

    I was a point in 1996. That's when I started actively carrying Fidonet.

    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    Bob was a user long before then.

    You'll note that I didn't say anything about being a sysop in my original message but just participating in Fidonet.

    Sean

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