Anyone here run a BBS ( real BBS )? Post your stories!

[Eli]

I ran one just a couple of years ago..

BBSes are still alive and well, if you know where to look.. I still visit them..

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: Eli
I ran one just a couple of years ago..

BBSes are still alive and well, if you know where to look.. I still visit them..

here ya go...

Telnet BBS Guide

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: ICSVortex
I ran a bbs with galacticom worldgroup...it was great...long live tele-arena!!!! i loved that game. Only thing I've found thats similar to it is everquest, but i still think tele-arena is better.

Ran a number of BBS's, starting with my C64 days thru Amiga and then PC. On the PC ran a DLX and then migrated to Major (galacticomm). Sold software for Major for abour 5 years (Humanware Systems), mostly paid for the system (had 24 lines in a closet at the house, phone company loved me). Best part is when the internet really 'started', we had the bbs hooked up with a T1 at the house (this was LONG before cable or DSL, when 14.4 was pretty fast).

Bill (for The Ringleader, here's Dr. Apocalypse )

 

[brett_stevens]

My brother and I used to run The Darque Side of the Moon BBS and Ascii Express line on our old Apple II+... 408-245-SPAM

Those were the days. We ran that thing off of four 5.25 floppies, and were quite excited when we got our first 10MB harddrive and were wondering how we would ever fill it.. The first few months we were online, it was with an old Signalman Anchor 300-baud modem..

Remember all those wacky textfiles? Hehe...

Yes. I remember g-files/t-files and uploading them to a little NJ AE named The Metal AE (PW: KILL).

Kadarin: I'm a music journalist researching the links between heavy metal and BBS/hacker culture back in the day (1983-1990ish).

I know you were a co-sysop on The Dark Side of the Moon, which one of my interview subjects (Reflexive_Arc) speaks highly of and suggests as a place to learn more.

Would you mind answering a few questions along these lines? (I tried to PM you here, but the system will not let me send messages until I've posted 25 messages. It didn't tell me that before I typed the message, however. Bizarre coding. I would rather post this privately, but have no idea what I'd type 25 messages about so I'm out of options.)

 

[Lifted]

but have no idea what I'd type 25 messages about

You actually did a pretty good job.

I admire your dedication. :thumbsup:

 

[TwiceOver]

Ran into this the other day. Ran a 4-line BBS on a 386. LORD, LOD, email which synced 2x daily.