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Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by nunobrito »

firesteelrain wrote: post #6
brightball wrote: post #2

I’ve thought for a long time about setting up an old BBS. Inviting people to play Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper. Well done.

I have been playing LoRD here and other places for a while http://lord.stabs.org/playlord.html I used to host LoRD and Usurper on a local Renegade BBS back in the mid 90s

Still a great game that doesn't get boring. Every year or so I'll play it again for a few months in a row.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by jrecursive »

01100011 wrote: post #18

I have such strong nostalgia for that era, but man, every time I try to go back and experience a BBS like this is just feels so empty. There really isn't a way to experience the feelings back then. I admire them for keeping it alive, but the magic was long ago dispelled by ubiquitous internet connectivity. I can go play a retro videogame and be taken back, but I've never felt that way with a BBS. Maybe it's just the…

I feel this. Almost exactly the same experience. 300bps in early days. At some point got a 1200bps. Then 2400, then 14.4 and 28.8 came fast. WWIV variants. CDC. 2600. Phrack. 612-341-2459 for local Telenet dialup at the time, my fingers still know the number unconsciously. War dialing! 5ESS. SS7. Bluebeep. 0700 bridges. Even in the early days of the internet, EFnet had BBS flavor to some extent. Certainly the warez. haha. A lot of the same people. What a time. I remember the first time I was going through Computer Shopper and found the BBS list. First one I ever called was Unlawful Entry... welp. If fate exists, it was busy that day.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by markus_zhang »

01100011 wrote: post #18

I have such strong nostalgia for that era, but man, every time I try to go back and experience a BBS like this is just feels so empty. There really isn't a way to experience the feelings back then. I admire them for keeping it alive, but the magic was long ago dispelled by ubiquitous internet connectivity. I can go play a retro videogame and be taken back, but I've never felt that way with a BBS. Maybe it's just the…

The community was gone. I guess that’s the reason. Nowadays discord and HN and other forums keep the same vibe.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by mattw2121 »

01100011 wrote: post #18

I have such strong nostalgia for that era, but man, every time I try to go back and experience a BBS like this is just feels so empty. There really isn't a way to experience the feelings back then. I admire them for keeping it alive, but the magic was long ago dispelled by ubiquitous internet connectivity. I can go play a retro videogame and be taken back, but I've never felt that way with a BBS. Maybe it's just the…

As someone else mentioned, the community is gone. But, I think there's also the feeling of victory from when you actually connected. You may have needed to autodial for hours to get onto the BBS. There was a huge amount of anticipation that led up to getting connected. Once you were on, it felt more special that it does today with the instant connection.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by sp8 »

Fidonet was my thing from that era. I know it's nostalgia and I know it was a simpler time but I loved Fidonet and I've not come across any Usenet group, discussion email list or web forum that quite hits the same mark. Mind you, that was probably 30 years ago now...

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by alfiedotwtf »

throwaway_20357 wrote: post #21

Has anyone captured a Fidonet forum archive anywhere or is this form of human communication forever lost?

The Internet Archive has a scrape - https://archive.org/details/fidonet_combined_execpc_starflee...

There was a site a few years ago that has a search interface, but can’t find it anymore

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