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I just recently stumbled upon this list. It looks like it has been fairly quiet around here lately, but I was hoping to find some old BBSers from NJ, 201 area...
Clarkesworld Books
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Sep 17, 2003
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In a message dated 9/17/03 4:15:57 AM Central Daylight Time, ... The name "Drew Underground" seems familiar from my extensive list of PC Pursuit-able boards. ...
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Sep 17, 2003
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Any Canadians on this list who ran BBS's in the 80's to early 90's period? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
X-Ample
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Sep 17, 2003
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I also just found this group. I was surprised to see some of my old BBS's listed. I was an early member of the old Fidonet organization, with many positions...
Tony Davis
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Sep 17, 2003
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I was from NJ, I ran a BBS called Onxy Statuette, At first it was in the 908 Area, (Keyport), Then I moved north and had it in the 201 Area, (Florham Park),...
TJ Visicaro
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Sep 18, 2003
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Hello Tony, ... FidoNet's still kicking... maybe not as big as the mid 90's, but still here none the less :) Philip Lozier 267 NC ...
Philip Lozier
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Sep 18, 2003
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Here is something I found while googling ;) http://bbslist.textfiles.com/usbbs.html I think almost 15 years has past since I ran a BBS, first on a C64 followed...
x_ample
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Sep 18, 2003
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Wow...a Jersey BBS that started in '84. That's pretty impressive. What did you use to start that up? ACTION The SCUTTLEBUTT BBS telnet:theBUTT.net ... From:...
ACTION
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Sep 18, 2003
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... here ... That is sorta of amazing, its claim to fame was echomail; the technology at the time was the best available to the "hobbyist", but with today's...
Tony
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Sep 18, 2003
5:11 pm
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Hi Neil. I ran Camelot BBS in 2 location in the 80's. Originally in Flanders off an Amiga 2000, then in Caldwell for a long time on a PC using TAG BBS...
de Gil, David
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Sep 18, 2003
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... Wanna bet? No spam! g....
Gene Buckle
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Sep 18, 2003
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Here is the history of Howard's Notebook - If anyone can correct or add information to the history...please do so. History of Howard's Notebook In 1975 I read...
Jim Howard
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Sep 18, 2003
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One of my favorite 201 Boards was the Casino BBS out of Atlantic City, NJ Paul ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system...
Paul Blaccard
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Sep 18, 2003
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... Anyone remeber the Compucom modems? They were suppose to hook up at 16,800 with other Compucoms. I just tried to auction my old HST USR Courior on Ebay...
Paul Blaccard
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Sep 18, 2003
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OS/2 Warp (version 3) did not come out until late 1994 early 1995. Prior was OS/2 2.11... :) I worked the OS/2 help desk during 2.11 and through 4.0 ... I...
Ilene Jones
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Sep 18, 2003
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... I can't remember when Atlantic City was 201; it was always 609 as far as I remember. I remember the invention of the 908 area code, but don't remember...
Quag7
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Sep 18, 2003
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... Well... although many systems still list a POTS number for dial-up, echomail feeds are primarily IP based. BinkP is the most popular IP protocol, but mail...
Philip Lozier
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Sep 19, 2003
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... One of the primary reasons it is superior :) Let -one- Spam message pop into an echo, and all hell breaks loose... the users account on the originating ...
Philip Lozier
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Sep 19, 2003
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... Yeah, I was just saying it was a great Jersey Board..... ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system...
Paul Blaccard
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Sep 19, 2003
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The Underground run on a CPM version of RBBS (300 baud) for a month and then I converted to DSoft. Starting writing 2AM-BBS shortly afterwards and made it a 6...
Clarkesworld Books
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Sep 19, 2003
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What year did you have that running in Florham Park? I thought I had called every BBS in town, but don't remember that one. (Lived in FP until '89) -Neil ......
Clarkesworld Books
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Sep 19, 2003
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... Perhaps it was C-Net on the Amiga? I remember in the Omaha area there were a few Amiga boards running C-Net. It was one of the first BBS programs that I...
vt_09139
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... Yeah, sorry, didn't mean to nitpick :-) -- quag7@... * ICQ#13365630 http://www.frostwarning.com/~quag7 #jiggyweek (irc.sorcery.net) * Uptime:...
Quag7
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Sep 19, 2003
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I moved there in 91 Thats when I started running it there, Clarkesworld Books <books@...> wrote:What year did you have that running in Florham...
TJ Visicaro
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Sep 19, 2003
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... There's a store around here, "technology surplus store", that sells modems, even newer 56k ones, for 5bux... this area has a high availability of high ...
Philip Lozier
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Sep 19, 2003
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... there were ... programs ... friendly. It ... I ran the it on my Amiga 1000 with 512MB and 2 3 1/2" Floppy Drives. On startup I had written a script to...
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Sep 19, 2003
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... Hmm, AC would've made that a 609 board, not 201. I think I remember that board in fact (I was a child of 609 myself). -- Tim...
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Timothy_Lynn
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Sep 19, 2003
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... Probably around the same time all of NYC was 212... how many area codes they have just for NYC now???? Phil __________________________________ Do you...
Philip Lozier
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Sep 19, 2003
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... Apologies! I'm limited to a pretty lame webmail interface and hadn't seen the rest of this thread where this was already established. -- Tim...
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Timothy_Lynn
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Sep 19, 2003
5:47 pm
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When I lived in Raleigh, NC the Courier USR was the golden calf of modems. But I haven't seen them in years, if anything I found external Sportsters at 14.4...
Eric Palmatier
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