Posted: 8/6/2002 10:03:44 PM EDT
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I was interviewed recently for a [url=http://www.bbsdocumentary.com]BBS Documentary[/url] and I wore my BRC shirt to get us and RKBA a little more exposure in general. Should be an interesting documentary once it's finished. I ran a BBS for five years and met a lot of people through them, including my wife. [img]http://www.petenelson.com/Photos/Misc/BBS%20Documentary/p1010059.jpg[/img] |
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Ahhh, the BBS days. At one point there were at least 35 BBSs in my area. My dad ran one for 10 years. I think the last one in my area finally shut down around '96 when the internet craze started building up speed. USPC40 [img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/USPC40/line.gif[/img] [url=www.nra.org][b][red]NRA[/red][/url] [url=www.nra.org][blue]Life Member[/blue][/url] [url=www.gunowners.org][b][red]GOA[/red] [/url] [url=www.gunowners.org][blue]Life Member[/blue][/url] [url=www.saf.org][red]SAF[/red][/url] [url=www.saf.org][blue]Supporter[/blue][/url] [url=sas-aim.org][red]SAS[/red][/url] [url=sas-aim.org][blue]Supporter[/blue][/b][/url] [img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/USPC40/alabamaflag.gif[/img] |
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Circa 1993 I read an article in the newspaper about how people were calling other people's computers up and chatting and playing games, all kinds of neat crap like that. So I went out and bought a blazingly fast 2400 bps modem and shoved it in my 10 mhz 286, and off I went. Good Times. |
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LOL I used to run one as well. Before I quit running it I was running Mustang Software's Wildcat 4 on OS/2. The cost finally overwhelmed me as I was eventually unemployed (June 1994 - Jan 1996). If I could have held on I could have eventually offered internet access to my customers and have then it would have paid for itself. Oh well....... |
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Wasn't it AMAZING! when 1200 baud machines came out??!! We had a few old Houston-built Zaisan voice/data terminals and that 1200 modem was the NUTZ! when it came out. Then we got a couple Tele-Compaq terminals and then the web happened. I still remember messaging the Far East on a 300 Baud and thinking it was sliced bread. Arock |