Nostalgia For The Days Of The BBS
from the take-me-back dept
Uh oh. The internet crowd is getting old. Salon is running an article from a guy reminiscing about the good old days of BBS systems, when you dialed into just another computer at 300 baud. The writer wins points, of course, for having an Atari 800 (my first computer as well). However, I'm getting a bit sick of "back in my day..." technology articles. They're too often used just to brag "hey, look how long I've been around...".Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Hear! Hear!
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Here is a much longer rumination on the Montreal scene from way back then.
- adam
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I moved to Montreal in 91, that's when I hit the BBS scene with a 2400 baud modem and a few numbers...Jessica Lovecraft's Magikal Hourglass, Wild Munchkin's Castle, Gotham City BBS etc...
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Ron de SISPG.
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Speaking of geektavism, yo Mike - cool to hear! I had an 800XL strapped to a 40meg harddrive and half meg of ram by the time I finally gave up on that machine... Sniff...
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Two links for all the memories!
remember all those 1337 txt files you spent hours downloading and reading? They're here.
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don't know why that url turned out stoopid..
www.textfiles.com
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So, www.textfiles.com should work...
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"hey, look how long I've been around..."
Trust me chief, I turned thirty not so long ago: making myself sound like I've been around forever is the *last* thing on my mind!
Hope y'all enjoyed the piece, and take care...
-NZB
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BBS's
Sigh..
YR
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Re: BBS's
http://www.mtlbbs.50megs.com
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Montreal BBS
Our website is: http://www.montrealbbs.com
Come and meet up with some of your old friends!
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