Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Fun read about a kid who ran a BBS.
Great memories! https://arstechnica.com/information-...old-bbs-sysop/ ... |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I just read that (from my RSS feed) and though back to the days when I ran a WWIV BBS. My story wasn't far from his actually! I originally called other boards with a 2400 baud modem. Eventually I got my mom to get me my own phone line. Then I set my computer up 24/7 hosting a BBS. I networked with WWIVLink, WWIVnet and FIDOnet!
I have no copies of it that I can find. I know at one point I had the core saved to 3.5" floppies. I'm going to have to dig to see what I can find. Becoming a paid sysop with WWIV is what got me introduced into coding actually. Turbo C++ IIRC was what we used to compile the edits for the BBS code. My board got shut down when I joined the Navy. edit: Apparently I'm a digital hoarder. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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