Sweet find, this brings back a lot of good memories. Now only if somebody would do this for Toy Bizarre and Space Taxi. Oh well, there's always emulation.
First post on/., all because of this story and the memories brought back to me by BBSs. I'm not a guru programmer like many here, and my time in the BBS world was limited to a handful of years near the end, but BBSs still had a profound effect on me that I will never forget. It was BBSs that got me interested in tech in the first place, as in the early 90's a friend showed me a multi-line Worldgroup BBS and I figured that - as a shy kid - it would be a great way to meet women. (boy was I wrong on that count!) Still, I met many of the best friends I've ever had on the local BBSs in my area, and even met several girlfriends on the local boards. I cut my techie teeth on BBSs, finding all sorts of softwares to experiment with that opened up a whole new world to me. While I never ran my own board, I was a co-sysop on several local boards and did ansi art menus for at least six local boards in my day.. and because of the interest BBSs awoke in me, I was one of the first BBSers in my area to fork out dough I did not have to get myself a shell account when the Internet started gaining ground in the mid 90's.
I love the Internet, but I miss BBSs more than words can convey. I owe a lot to them, and it's a window of time that can never be repeated or duplicated. Those of us lucky enough to have experienced it experienced a slice of tech history, and I for one am glad to have been a small part of it.
You can mod me down now for my sentimental and uninformative comments now.. just had to get this off my chest.
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Sweet find, this brings back a lot of good memories. Now only if somebody would do this for Toy Bizarre and Space Taxi. Oh well, there's always emulation.
First post on /., all because of this story and the memories brought back to me by BBSs. I'm not a guru programmer like many here, and my time in the BBS world was limited to a handful of years near the end, but BBSs still had a profound effect on me that I will never forget. It was BBSs that got me interested in tech in the first place, as in the early 90's a friend showed me a multi-line Worldgroup BBS and I figured that - as a shy kid - it would be a great way to meet women. (boy was I wrong on that count!) Still, I met many of the best friends I've ever had on the local BBSs in my area, and even met several girlfriends on the local boards. I cut my techie teeth on BBSs, finding all sorts of softwares to experiment with that opened up a whole new world to me. While I never ran my own board, I was a co-sysop on several local boards and did ansi art menus for at least six local boards in my day.. and because of the interest BBSs awoke in me, I was one of the first BBSers in my area to fork out dough I did not have to get myself a shell account when the Internet started gaining ground in the mid 90's.
I love the Internet, but I miss BBSs more than words can convey. I owe a lot to them, and it's a window of time that can never be repeated or duplicated. Those of us lucky enough to have experienced it experienced a slice of tech history, and I for one am glad to have been a small part of it.
You can mod me down now for my sentimental and uninformative comments now.. just had to get this off my chest.