Who ran or frequented a BBS? (1 Viewer)

[ITreefer]

I came across some SUPER old files that I archived and stored.
Among them was BBS (bulletin board system) software and a bunch door games (mostly text based with very few ANSI graphics) and I immediately got a nostalgia rush lol
I remember the TAG BBS I ran experimentally, it had a 14,400 modem (only rich people had the 28,800 and this was before 56k was a thing I believe).

Just out of curiousity, did anyone here run or frequent a BBS in the pre-internet days?

 

[Betcao01]

Lol, I did. Now I can't get that modem connect sound out of my head.

 

[ITreefer]

Lol, I did. Now I can't get that modem connect sound out of my head.

Lol yes that was the best part

 

[Betcao01]

The kids today will never understand the "handshake" process LOL.

 

[Grant Carter]

I don't know what anybody is talking about here

 

[ITreefer]

I don't know what anybody is talking about here

Look up bulletin board systems if you want some context. This was way before your time.
Caveman internet basically. Your web address was your phone number.

 

[steveb]

Yep I did. While I never ran one, one of my roommates in college did.

Remember tweaking the modem config to get that few extra k baud rate?

 

[Betcao01]

Yep I did. While I never ran one, one of my roommates in college did.

Remember tweaking the modem config to get that few extra k baud rate?

Remember how nervous / excited you were when the "pic" finally showed up on the monitor line by line LOL

 

[steveb]

Remember how nervous / excited you were when the "pic" finally showed up on the monitor line by line LOL

Yup lol


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[frankc]

I still have my TI-99 computer. I never had a modem for it, but if you could find a TV with rabbit-ears connection, you could still marvel at its 32-character screen resolution.

 

[TriggerFan]

Yes, I had a couple of BBS back in my time. I used everything from Bell's 300 baud, to Commodore's VicModem, Apple's Modem 300, all the way to multiple dual ISDN and ADSL lines up to a T1 back in the day. . I loved my US Robotics modems. OK now, "Back to the Future". LOL

 

[steveb]

Ah I remember the us robotics modems and modem banks.


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[TriggerFan]

Do I get any extra points for being the "SysOp"?

 

[ITreefer]

Do I get any extra points for being the "SysOp"?

Absolutely.
You all get nerd points for your BBS knowledge, sysops get a couple extra.

Now if you were able to charge people for access, you get all the points.
I remember begging my parents to pay the monthly access fee for Pinnacle BBS so I could play multiplayer doom2 and download stuff from their "WAREZ" section lol

 

[decimal]

i used hang out in hackers den and was reading 2600. prior to that it was commodore 64 pirates cove. wow. blast from the past..

i also remember using Napster and waiting 2 days for a song do dl.. Take that BMI records and you stupid $1000 mail order CDs. people just don't understand how hard it was to get decent music.