• BBS Memories

    From Michael Robert@1:382/61 to All on Fri Oct 23 23:23:52 2009
    This is totally cool. I haven't been on a BBS for years and probably decades.
    I used to actually run a bbs for six years. I took it down 13 years ago, maybe
    15 years ago.

    I used to stay up late all night writing messages to people and of course watching people call my bbs.

    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bbs users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people had access to it. It was like a true community back then.

    Michael :)


    --- Maximus/2 2.02
    * Origin: -=( The TechnoDrome )=- (1:382/61)
  • From Nick Simonov@2:5020/8080.1 to Michael Robert on Sat Oct 24 16:28:20 2009
    Madly glad to see you Michael!


    23 Oct 09 at 23:23 you wrote to All:
    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old
    school bbs users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people had access to it. It was like a true community back
    then.

    In the rural country of Russia I started my BBS life in the late 2002. I was running my own BBS until 2004. It indeed was very exciting. I hope those times will soon return in some modern form.

    Sincerely yours, Nick.

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    --- NoSFeRaTU's GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-20081217 on Gentoo
    * Origin: Tea Time BBS, Moscow, The Soviet Union (2:5020/8080.1)
  • From Scott Brown@1:261/220 to Michael Robert on Sat Oct 24 03:29:44 2009
    This is totally cool. I haven't been on a BBS for years and probably decades. I used to actually run a bbs for six years. I took it down 13 y ago, maybe 15 years ago.

    I took mine down back in 96, just started one back up a months ago.

    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bb users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people ha access to it. It was like a true community back then.

    Yeah, we used to have BBS parties and once a month all of the Sysops in the area would get together and talk about software, abusive users, and just about anything else you could think of.

    Scott....

    ... Always remember where you came from so you can return.

    --- Renegade v1.14/Alpha
    * Origin: The Realms of Blue BBS - blues.zapto.org (1:261/220)
  • From Jeff Snyder@1:345/3777 to Michael Robert on Sat Dec 19 19:12:00 2009
    On 12/19/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Michael Robert: BBS Memories.

    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bbs users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people had access to it. It was like a true community back then.


    Hello Michael. I first began BBSing as a regular user on my Macintosh LC III back in 1993. That dear machine had a whopping 160 MB hard drive, a 13"
    monitor capable of a full 256 colors, and initially, as I recall, 8 MB of RAM which I eventually upgraded to the full 32 MB of RAM. My very first modem was an Apple 300 - 1200 baud modem. Eventually, I moved up in the world and got a 2400 baud modem at a MUGG -- Macintosh Users Group of Guam -- Christmas party. Boy, was I flying then! The 2400 baud modem was eventually replaced by a 14.40 modem, and then US Robotics had us flying with a 56K modem. That was followed by DLS, and then cable modem. Our current connection is 7 megabits down, and
    1 megabit up, which translates into 875k maximum downstream, and 120k maximum upstream...although I have NEVER seen that downstream.

    It was that same year -- 1993 -- or possibly 1994, that the Armageddon BBS
    was set up, and became a part of a local BBS network. It wasn't until 1997, I believe, that we joined FidoNet.

    But, eventually, the Internet overshadowed us, and I took down the Armageddon BBS. I had a few false starts after that, but it's been up on a semi-regular basis since September of 2008.

    At this current time, the Armageddon BBS is one of the very few remaining Macintosh-based BBSes that is accessible via telnet. I don't offer dial-up anymore.

    While BBS technology may seem archaic to many people who belong to the new generation of computer users, BBSing, just like Usenet newsgroups, still
    have their charm and appeal. For example, the graphic overhead, as well as threat from viruses and trojans is considerably minimized.

    I continue to be a part of both worlds -- the old and the new. :)



    Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Download Center 4 Mac BBS Software & Christian Files. We Use Hermes II


    --- Hermes Web Tosser 1.1
    * Origin: Armageddon BBS -- Guam, Mariana Islands (1:345/3777.0)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Greg Goodwin on Sat Jan 2 15:51:49 2010
    Hello Greg.

    19 Nov 09 01:18, you wrote to DOUG POWLESS:

    Man it has been good reading all the BBS memories.

    Remember this...
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    / `Greg /`\`\
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    Here in the Dallas area, it seemed in the 80's that BBS parties
    were common. I unfortunately was on the wrong side of town and
    without a car most of the time.

    How interesting! And now you're up a creek without a paddle...

    But let's see, the parties I attended were some
    wild parties. All I can say is geeks party wild and they cannot
    hold their liquor. :)

    Newbies never can.

    -D&D parties, usually started on the BBS for the game campaign, and
    then moved to a house for some great role play.

    Lemme guess... you played the role of Madonna...

    They had a great tradition. They would line the fireplace with
    trash bags, and by a cheap set of glasses. You would announce a
    toast, make a joke, and when you were done with the joke you
    threw the glass into the fireplace!

    Hey, the dwarves do that too... except that we put the newbies in the fireplace, and make sure that the glasses we throw are filled with extra-caustic pigeon <spack>.

    First time to see everclear.

    Their song "Father of Mine" explains a lot...

    Everyone got wasted and the few of us still standing played with
    the heads of the drunkiods.

    We play soccer with the heads of the newbies.

    That was fun.

    Sure was! Thanks!

    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Mike Powell on Sat Jan 2 16:23:29 2010
    Hello Mike.

    22 Nov 09 07:50, you wrote to Michael Robert:

    [Useless "chat" <hack-spit> deleted for the sake of brevity...]

    Hey there, newbiemeat... just FYI, this is /not/ a "general" echo. The dwarves don't give a <spack> what your message base or some sissy-op says about it; this is Mindless Chatter and Drivel; the Worst<tm> echo in Fidonet, and there are only two topics in here, newbie-bashing, and drivel. I'm not drivelling ATM, but I am still on-topic for this echo, so I'll let those two atoms in that
    empty cavity of yours that you call a head randomly collide so that you can figure it out for yourself...

    Some advice for you so that you don't make the same idiotic blunder ever again:

    DON'T complain. There's nothing like a whining newbie to get the dwarves on your scent. Once they are, there's no hope for you.

    DON'T get mad. This will only get every dwarf in the whole blamed echo on your <donkey>, painting a large red and blue target on it, after which you will be tossed into the firing range for target practice with the <spack> cannons and catapults, then Lou Dripkin will do the EWE dance over your shattered remains.

    DON'T apologize. This will only enrage the dwarves even further, and whip them into a frenzy the like we haven't seen since last month's kale went on sale for $1.275 a pound. If you have trouble understanding this, it will be explained to you by Guido and Nunzio, the Jewish flatulators.

    DO read 1275 messages; within which you should find a posting of Da Rulz<tm>, which will be posted by Da Head Cheese, or a reasonable facsimile.

    DO read Da Rulz<tm>. Learn them. Study them. LIVE them. They are the only thing between you and the Jobob Morgan Memorial Privy and Escape Chute<tm>.

    DO sned $127.50 in small, unmarked bills to the office of Da RSM, c/o the NCORF, for your snedding papers, phunny hat, aardvark detector, and any other rediculous and unnecessary things we might think of. Don't be suprised if none of the aforementioned items ever arrive, we make no promises here, except that you'll regret your stay.

    This is the only "nice" message I will send to you.


    ... Have a <spack>y day.
    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to DOUG POWLESS on Sat Jan 2 16:10:50 2010
    Hello DOUG.

    23 Nov 09 14:13, you wrote to GREG GOODWIN:

    Man it has been good reading all the BBS memories.
    Me too. :)

    Oh, lets all have a *BIG* circle of hugs... <sheesh!>

    I wish we'd done that. But back then, I was just a kid, and not very
    wild at all. Fairly nerdy actually.

    Never woulda guessed...

    the glass into the fireplace! First time to see everclear.
    Everyone got wasted and the few of us still standing played with
    the heads of the drunkiods. That was fun.

    Never had everclear. And now I want to. :)

    Stubby MacPherson drinks 1.275 litres of the stuff for breakfast each morning.

    Looking forward to reading it. :)

    Read between the lines...

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    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Crystal Walters@1:261/220 to Michael Robert on Tue Feb 1 13:10:17 2011
    This is totally cool. I haven't been on a BBS for years and probably decades. I used to actually run a bbs for six years. I took it down 13 y ago, maybe 15 years ago.

    I used to stay up late all night writing messages to people and of course watching people call my bbs.

    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bb users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people ha access to it. It was like a true community back then.

    Yeah, I can remember my first BBS experience rather vividly. It was in late '94, and I enjoyed it so much I decided to become a SysOp myself. But by the time I got my board just the way I wanted it, the internet really took off and took most of the potential users with it. What a bummer! Glad that the scene is still soldiering on though. =*)

    ... Politics:Root(s):[a]Poly-Many [b]Tics-Bloodsuckers

    --- Renegade v1.18/Alpha
    * Origin: The Realms of Blue BBS - blues.zapto.org (1:261/220)
  • From Björn Forsström@2:230/150.6 to Crystal Walters on Wed Feb 2 14:17:16 2011
    This is totally cool. I haven't been on a BBS for years and probably
    decades. I used to actually run a bbs for six years. I took it down 13 y MR>> ago, maybe 15 years ago.

    I used to stay up late all night writing messages to people and of course MR>> watching people call my bbs.

    Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bb MR>> users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people ha MR>> access to it. It was like a true community back then.

    Yeah, I can remember my first BBS experience rather vividly. It was in late '94, and I enjoyed it so much I decided to become a SysOp myself. But by the time I got my board just the way I wanted it, the internet really took off and took most of the potential users with it. What a bummer! Glad that the scene is still soldiering on though. =*)

    WHAT!?!?!? A real msssage? And with a topic. Have the rael wlord caught up
    with us?
    This is the MC&D echo!!!!!!!!!
    Learn to drivel or I'll order the SPAC (Strategic Pidgeon Air Command) to leave their (tm) on your house.

    ---
    * Origin: . (2:230/150.6)
  • From Crystal Walters@1:261/220 to BjöRn ForsströM on Wed Feb 2 13:17:24 2011
    WHAT!?!?!? A real msssage? And with a topic. Have the rael wlord caught up with us?
    This is the MC&D echo!!!!!!!!!
    Learn to drivel or I'll order the SPAC (Strategic Pidgeon Air Command) to their (tm) on your house.

    I like toast. The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay itself. I once had a hamster and his name was Bippy.

    That good enough?

    ... Software Troubleshooter - @TO@, w/44 Magnum

    --- Renegade v1.18/Alpha
    * Origin: The Realms of Blue BBS - blues.zapto.org (1:261/220)
  • From Björn Forsström@2:230/150.6 to Crystal Walters on Thu Feb 3 01:58:06 2011
    WHAT!?!?!? A real msssage? And with a topic. Have the rael wlord caught up BF>> with us?
    This is the MC&D echo!!!!!!!!!
    Learn to drivel or I'll order the SPAC (Strategic Pidgeon Air Command) to BF>> their (tm) on your house.

    I like toast.

    You obviously haven't eaten at the local Deli (tm). If you had you wouldn't like it. Trust me on this.

    The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay itself.

    That Depend (tm) on whos thooth you are talking about.

    I once had a hamster and his name was Bippy.

    I once had a <donkey> but that's nothing I brag about.

    That good enough?

    Not even close.

    ---
    * Origin: . (2:230/150.6)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Crystal Walters on Sat Feb 5 14:22:37 2011
    Hello Crystal.

    01 Feb 11 13:10, you wrote to Michael Robert:

    Yeah, I can remember my first BBS experience rather vividly. It
    was in late '94, and I enjoyed it so much I decided to become a
    SysOp myself.

    Sissy-Op credentials don't wash here. You're newbiemeat until we say that you're not.

    Just so that you don't misteak my response for something accidental or as a passing phase, I'm going to post for you the Standard<tm> MC&D greeting. Heed it well...

    Dear Sir, Madam, or Lower life form, as it were;

    Congradulations! You have just stumbled blindly and without a Barge Licence into Mindless Chatter & Drivel, the Worst<tm> Echo in Fidonet. There are only two topics in MC&D; drivel, and newbie bashing. I'm not drivelling at present, so I'll leave the electrons in that empty head of yours to randomly collide with each other so that you can figure it out for yourself.

    Prepare yourself to endure barrages of copious amounts of pigeon <spack> that will be directed your way, lovingly delivered by the dwarves via carrier pigeon, cannon, or catapault; all thanks to the rather large target you have just painted on your <donkey>. A raincoat and umbrella might help, but only for
    about 12.75 seconds, as the caustic nature of the <spack> will quickly eat it's
    way through those.

    Self-flaggelation and rubdowns with 80 grit sandpaper, followed by healthy dousings of Standard<tm> kerosine will help to thicken your skin and desensitize it to the continuous bombardment of <spack> that you will have to endure until we decide that you've gained apprentice dwarf status.

    Please sned $1275.00 CDN (since the US dollar has now tanked) in small, unmarked bills to the office of Sgt. Stubby MacPherson, c/o the NCORF, for your
    snedding papers, phunny hat, decoder ring, aardvark detector, and any other useless items we may come up with. Oh, and don't be suprised if none of the aforementioned items arrive; we make no promises here, except that you'll regret your stay.

    Report to the Flipside Clinic for your Clue<tm> implant; remember to bend over and hold your ankles. Don't cough; Flip Harris hasn't done all that many implant procedures lately and is a bit rusty, and you don't want to end up as an experimental cybernetics subject for the Doc (Borgie) Hutto memorial research institute.

    If you feel that this message has reached you in error, we welcome you to avail yourself of the echo exit via the JoBob Morgan Memorial Privy and Escape Chute<tm>.


    ... Have a <spack>y day.
    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Crystal Walters on Sat Feb 5 14:16:43 2011
    Hello Crystal.

    02 Feb 11 13:17, you wrote to BjöRn ForsströM:

    I like toast. The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay itself. I
    once had a hamster and his name was Bippy.
    That good enough?

    The hamster is on-topic. The rest is <spack>.


    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Björn Forsström@2:230/150.6 to Michael Grant on Sun Feb 6 02:43:21 2011

    I like toast. The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay itself. I
    once had a hamster and his name was Bippy.
    That good enough?

    The hamster is on-topic. The rest is <spack>.

    In Chillie they use the <spack> as stuffing in the hamster.

    ---
    * Origin: . (2:230/150.6)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Björn Forsström on Sun Feb 6 22:29:57 2011
    Hello Björn.

    06 Feb 11 02:43, you wrote to me:

    I like toast. The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay
    itself. I once had a hamster and his name was Bippy. That good
    enough?

    The hamster is on-topic. The rest is <spack>.

    In Chillie they use the <spack> as stuffing in the hamster.

    The Chillieaens are poofters. In MC&D we use the hamster as stuffing in the <spack>.


    --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1
    * Origin: CADB Calgary: Home of the Dwarven Demolition Squad! (1:250/306)
  • From Björn Forsström@2:230/150.6 to Michael Grant on Fri Feb 11 02:47:13 2011

    I like toast. The only thing we have to fear is tooth decay itself. I
    once had a hamster and his name was Bippy. That good enough?

    The hamster is on-topic. The rest is <spack>.

    In Chillie they use the <spack> as stuffing in the hamster.

    The Chillieaens are poofters. In MC&D we use the hamster as stuffing in the <spack>.

    Who gave that secret recip of Haggis to you?

    ---
    * Origin: . (2:230/150.6)
  • From Michael Grant@1:250/306 to Björn Forsström on Thu Mar 31 09:41:57 2011

    once had a hamster and his name was Bippy. That good enough?
    The hamster is on-topic. The rest is <spack>.
    In Chillie they use the <spack> as stuffing in the hamster.

    The Chillieaens are poofters. In MC&D we use the hamster as stuffing in MG>> the <spack>.

    Who gave that secret recip of Haggis to you?

    I /do/ share a dormitory with Stubby MacPherson...

    --- WinEd-X //2.3
    * Origin: CADB Calgary (1:250/306)