I was a SYSOP. Ran several BBS's on Macs.
Ask YC: How many people here were regional BBS users back in the day?
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#42Was running BBS and FidoNet node (mostly on OS/2 and Linux) back in 90th in Ukraine.
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#44Oh yeah, downloading the latest shareware games (Wacky Wheels, Duke Nukem, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit, etc.) and playing Barren Realms Elite, Falcon Eye, L.O.R.D., and TradeWars.
Was a member of several BBSes in the 703 area code. The BizZ BuzZ and R/C Connection are where I spent most of my time.
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#45Hah.. I ran a Renegade board for a short period of time called NexxusOne in Toronto
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#46Oh, the days of a good tribbs board and L.O.R.D.
I frequented the Vagabond's Oasis and Galaxy BBS here in the Alabama, US. Also, I ran a small friend/family bbs, The Dismal Light, after 11:00pm on my families second line.
I kinda miss the days of the BBS and door games. I also remember the excitement associated with the prospect of the Internet coming to town - with pictures and everything!!!
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#47I remember the fun days of CMBBS, C-Base, and later everyone making some nice BBS systems, it was cool to see what you could do with the Commodore Basic, BLITZing it up and hosting it. Some of the older BBS systems rival the features provided by communities today greatly. Then there was the continuous dialing up other regional boards over and over again until you got an answer.
There were some really nice games in the limited way of BBSing, a premonition of MMORPG's and other network strategy games that addict people today.
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#48Hahahaha, yes indeed. Cracked a number of games removing copy protection, phreaked for some long-distance pickups & drops, ran wildcat, hotline, etc...
The good old days...
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#49Oh yeah - I was a SYSOP on two BBSes in the St. Louis area, one of which was my own. This was in the early-mid 90's, just before internet became widely available.
I met my high school sweetheart on my BBS. Man, those were the days.
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#50Heh. I was. But I'm no hacker.
I live in the Chicago NW Burbs and I think the most frequently visted BBS for me was Jake's File Exchange and second place was probably North By Northwest.
Jake's File Exchange was where I got my first taste of warez and where I spent WAY too much time playing Legend of The Red Dragon.
Sigh... to be young again.
(This was with a Packard Bell 486DX2 and a 14.4k modem. LIGHTNING FAST!!! for the time. I used RipTerm to connect. This was around '94 I believe)