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  • Members: 470
  • Category: Cyberculture
  • Founded: Nov 28, 2000
  • Language: English
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Hullo. I found this group late last night while on my way to something else. Actually, found Jason Scott's documentary site first and followed his link over....
48 Sep 14, 2005
3:10 pm

The Shrink
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The following 80sBBS poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What should be the fate of people who reformat old text files into HTML, ...
6 Sep 14, 2005
8:06 am

80sBBS@yahoogroups.com
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We should make a BBS system on Telnet so we can access it through Dos, so it'd be just like an old BBS....
28 Sep 13, 2005
7:19 am

Jim Selleck
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I see that the Image files collection there has Empire 5.1. I don't imagine anyone's seen Empire 8.0 anywhere? I backported Empire 5.1 to C-Net 12, and...
2 Sep 13, 2005
7:19 am

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You guys are welcome to visit my BBS via telnet: cnet.servebbs.com, port 64. (port 23 runs my synchronet BBS for now) Its running C-Net 64 v10.0, under the...
10 Sep 13, 2005
7:18 am

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I am a newbie here, looking forward to reading other's stories and contributing. My initial interests in the online world were for programming techniques and...
1 Sep 12, 2005
5:14 pm

markvilla
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the 80sBBS group: What is your most favorite memory of the 80's Scene? o Freedom o Meeting All Kinds Of...
6 Sep 7, 2005
6:01 am

80sBBS@yahoogroups.com
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Hi everyone, I was big into BBS'ing from about 1985 to 1995... after that I discovered the Internet. Just taking a trip down nostalgia lane & decided to join...
5 Sep 6, 2005
7:31 am

fewtch
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Some more ideas I thought of when I was on the throne just now: (*) Optionally sysops could have their BBSes publicly advertised to a central server so when...
1 Sep 3, 2005
9:01 pm

Quag7
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Hello, first I wanted to say I enjoy all of this reminiscing and sharing. Thanks to whoever came up with this. I don't think I've ever posted here before but...
13 Sep 2, 2005
4:01 pm

KSyster@...
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telnet://theroughnecks.net http://www.theroughnecks.net Okay, here's the deal if you've log in durring the month of September, and have registered on BBSmates,...
1 Aug 31, 2005
12:15 am

Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
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Hey everybody, just joined the group... nice to see such a community exists... I wanted to let everyone here know what I'm doing, and see if anyone can help. ...
2 Jul 26, 2005
4:09 pm

David Ruth
integritycode
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I'm happy to report that a member of the group (who can take a bow if he chooses) got his hands on a very old tape backup he had been keeping around, and has...
2 Jul 25, 2005
5:24 am

Quag7
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Hello all you hacks!! I am looking for an old friend of mine.. The motor city madman. Now I did see where he did add his old BBS info here. IF anyone knows of...
5 Jul 15, 2005
10:19 pm

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Hi all, I wanted to say hello and invite everybody to telnet into my bbs: fanblade.wox.org. It runs on linux. I wrote the front end myself using mysql and...
1 Jul 12, 2005
11:07 pm

james cooksey
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... Yep, it's an Atari BBS alright! :-D === [N] Number of New Messages [M] List Marked Echoes [Q] Quickscan Marked Echoes [Y] Messages To or From You (Find...
2 Jun 20, 2005
8:44 pm

Jeff Mitchell
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There is an Easter EGG in the BBS Documentary thats all I'm saying. hehehe....
1 Jun 18, 2005
10:35 pm

x_ample
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Bootleg, quick update on your order. Some of the Disc 3s are bad. That is, they came out of the printer wrong. A small amount, but enough to annoy me. People...
2 Jun 18, 2005
10:34 pm

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... Jim Selleck! Welcome to the group. Good to have an actual author out there! ... I'd heard that about Ken doing the ML with a monitor, in hex. I think he...
1 Jun 18, 2005
12:25 pm

Eric Blade
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Hello All, I know this news probably isn't unknown by most who lurk around here, but Jason Scott BBS Documentary has started shipping! Woo! ...
4 Jun 15, 2005
5:22 am

x_ample
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67776,00.html I must have missed a post somewhere -- anyway, for anyone interested, a review of Jason's BBS...
1 Jun 14, 2005
11:11 pm

Quag7
jcentury
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Just wanted to let you know that I've started a group for any individuals that used to call BBS's in and around Charleston, SC ...
1 Jun 2, 2005
3:38 pm

Dave B.
brophyd
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I spent all weekend writing HTML and PHP, and just went live with http://www.computerrooms.org This site is intended to be a photo gallery of computer rooms,...
2 May 17, 2005
10:36 pm

The Shrink
theshrink908
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Say, it hit me that someone should plug some of the more historical events and BBS names and other related info into Wikipedia. I've recently started out with...
1 May 15, 2005
10:50 pm

Bryan C.
bryan_rip
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For such a slow list, you'd be surprised how many people subscribe to it weekly. Anyway, those of you who joined within the past 2 years or so may have noticed...
12 May 12, 2005
8:10 pm

T. B.
krell1215
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Hi all. Was just reminiscing on the old BBS days. I used to run a BBS in Utah (Provo) area, area code/number I think was 801-224-9112. In the late 80's I ran...
2 May 7, 2005
5:21 pm

Charlie Fields
dcfields
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I ordered the Documentery DVD a couple of weeks ago, I cant wait till I get it, and its amazing the amount of footage that had to be left out....
1 May 3, 2005
7:27 pm

X-Ample
x_ample
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Anyone here play, or used play, L.O.R.D.?...
3 May 2, 2005
9:31 pm

Rob Starr
lordtime2000
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OK so, as it's been quiet here for awhile, I figured I'd have a sort of go-around and ask: What are you all up to? By which I mean: Do you have any projects...
12 Apr 30, 2005
5:59 pm

Tom Jackson
action_sysop
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Hello, everyone. It has been a while, hasn't it? I wanted to let the list know that the BBS Documentary has gone to the printers. What this means is that the...
2 Apr 14, 2005
2:05 pm

Spike
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