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Apparently they're still popular in Taiwan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System
Thats pretty impressive! I mean its a BBS with more than 1.5 million registered users, for gods sake. Also there is some creative ASCII art in there, go check it out.
For those interested, here are some captures of some of the menus (there is a lot more posted in conferences) :
- Taiwanese BBSes and Unicode ANSi Art : http://www.cambus.net/taiwanese-bbses-and-unicode-ansi-art/ - Taiwanese BBSes and Unicode ANSi Art - Part II : http://www.cambus.net/taiwanese-bbses-and-unicode-ansi-art-p...