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Wycliffe Barrett
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Wycliffe Barrett
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Hi Ruth

 

I've looked at the site and I'm quite interested in jooining the vfr club. Why though must I have a subscription of some several pounds a month to join the CIX VFR Club.

 

Whilst your site says I must have a CIX subscription it doesnt say why I must have a subscription.

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Hi Wycliffe

 

You don't actually pay to join the Flying Club. The club was created by subscribers to Cix which is a long-standing ISP. (I've been a member for about 14 years I think). Cix runs its own forums, known as conferences, and the majority of the Flying Club business is transacted on the club's own conference. And you can't access the conferences unless you pay to join Cix, which is why we created a category called [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ociate membership so people can join the Club without charge if they aren't members of Cix or don't want to join.

 

The link from the club website front page to the detailed explanation of Cix appears to be broken at the moment - I'll give the CFI a prod to repair it.

 

Cix is very much a community rather than a standard ISP. If you want to look at the official Cix site it's at http://web.conferencing.co.uk/Home.aspx

 

Ruth

Cixen and proud of it!

Ruth McTighe

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[Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/

Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/

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I think I remember when CIX was a service that you could acces through your TV, like a teletext thing.

 

I'm sure an old buddy of mine used to be on it. It was as far as I can remember nothing more than a bulletin board.

 

I do remember being very impressed by it.

 

Very wizzy and techy back in those days. hahahahahaha

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I think you might be remembering Prestel. Teletext screens, 1200/75 baud modem, the online multiplayer adventure game called Shades (through which I met the bloke I eventually married).... Oh 'eck, you've started ME off reminiscing now.

 

Ruth

(aka Hypatia, Shades witch)

Ruth McTighe

Heathrow Director, Essex Radar, Thames Radar, London Information

[Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/

Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/

Now not a VATanything

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Thats the puppy, PRESTEL, as I say at the time I thought it was cutting edge but obviously it wasnt.

 

hahahahaha

 

You should read "Nothing about flying in this"

 

I think you would like it.

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Thats the puppy, PRESTEL, as I say at the time I thought it was cutting edge but obviously it wasnt.

 

hahahahaha

 

You should read "Nothing about flying in this"

 

I think you would like it.

 

I've read it already - just trying to decide what to add to it

 

by the way, the info on what Cix is about, and what you get for you money is at http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/membership.htm

 

Ruth

Ruth McTighe

Heathrow Director, Essex Radar, Thames Radar, London Information

[Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/

Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/

Now not a VATanything

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