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Cynthetiq · 03-18-2010, 06:39 PM

This thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/general...rst-modem.html made me look up some of the old haunts I would crawl back before there were such things as AOL. Once a week the Recycler Newspaper would come out and in the computer section there was a listing of all the BBSes advertising in the area. You'd log on, wait for the sysop to give you permission to have access which could be a few hours or sometimes a day or two.

The TEXTFILES.COM BBS List

I found a number of BBSes on the list that I used to haunt, The Keep in Northridge, CA, Dreamscape/Club Playhouse, BaudTown, Talk Channel. I was on lots of warez, private single line boards, and then they came out with multiplexing modems!!!! 16, 32, and 64 line bbses!!!!

One BBS, the Keep, I became friends with the Sysop and even got to see the TI-99/4a running it. It was amazing to see the thing that I was connecting for years. Not only that, but Greg the sysop was a PC tech, he taught me an awful lot about being a consultant. How to charge for things, how to fix things, and be confident about what I was doing. I owe a lot to that man in getting me started.

As I found these things, I called a friend who I introduced to BBSing, and she found photos from a meet up and we reminisced about the past. She even found photos of who became her first husband at one of the meetups! All back in the day before the internet, and now found because of the internet!

Can you find the old BBSes you connected to? What were they? What did you do on them?

03-18-2010, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	What BBSes did you log into? This thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/general...rst-modem.html made me look up some of the old haunts I would crawl back before there were such things as AOL. Once a week the Recycler Newspaper would come out and in the computer section there was a listing of all the BBSes advertising in the area. You'd log on, wait for the sysop to give you permission to have access which could be a few hours or sometimes a day or two. The TEXTFILES.COM BBS List I found a number of BBSes on the list that I used to haunt, The Keep in Northridge, CA, Dreamscape/Club Playhouse, BaudTown, Talk Channel. I was on lots of warez, private single line boards, and then they came out with multiplexing modems!!!! 16, 32, and 64 line bbses!!!! One BBS, the Keep, I became friends with the Sysop and even got to see the TI-99/4a running it. It was amazing to see the thing that I was connecting for years. Not only that, but Greg the sysop was a PC tech, he taught me an awful lot about being a consultant. How to charge for things, how to fix things, and be confident about what I was doing. I owe a lot to that man in getting me started. As I found these things, I called a friend who I introduced to BBSing, and she found photos from a meet up and we reminisced about the past. She even found photos of who became her first husband at one of the meetups! All back in the day before the internet, and now found because of the internet! Can you find the old BBSes you connected to? What were they? What did you do on them? __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!