remember BBS's?

[UrbanPoet]

I remember back in the day... There was no Internet. There was... but it wasnt popular like it was today.

We had things called 'bbs' a 'bulletin board system' someone would set this up in their home with a phone line and ppl could dial in to post on the msg board, or download files, and play simple games.

These BBS's were entirely TEXT based
no pictures!
Does anyone know of any dial up BBS's that still exist in the GTA or have they become completely extinct?
I remember i ditched these once i got Cable internet.

[hagbard]

I remember back in the day... There was no Internet. There was... but it wasnt popular like it was today.

We had things called 'bbs' a 'bulletin board system' someone would set this up in their home with a phone line and ppl could dial in to post on the msg board, or download files, and play simple games.

These BBS's were entirely TEXT based
no pictures!
Does anyone know of any dial up BBS's that still exist in the GTA or have they become completely extinct?
I remember i ditched these once i got Cable internet.

I certainly remember, logged into my first one in 1985. Helped run another.

[Daemar]

Tradewars!

[v00d00]

I remember being back on a 300bps modem on a C64, though the first modem I purchased was a Supra 2400bps, with error correction and data compression! Oooo AAaaa!

Little did I know I got ripped off on it, because to use those two new innovations, the modem you were connecting to also required error correction and data compression. That first modem was $300!!!!!

I used it on an Amiga 500.. then along the years upgraded modems and computers, Amiga 600, Amiga 1200..etc.

I always ran my BBS's on CNet.. though I connected to some others on Wildcat, Renegade, Excalibur, PCBoard and Spitfire.. and more that I can't recall off hand.

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NO CARRIER

[GreenWeenie]

Long time PCBoard sysop here. Still have my kick ass USRobotics Dual standard modem that I got on NFR. Sleek solid beast it was. 14.4k ripping speeds!

And ... ick ... why would you want to log onto one of those today? 56k max? How ... mid 90s.

[v00d00]

Long time PCBoard sysop here. Still have my kick ass USRobotics Dual standard modem that I got on NFR. Sleek solid beast it was. 14.4k ripping speeds!

Oh damn!

I bought a USRobotics 14.4 Dual Standard too! Friggin thing was and still is MASSIVE! Not to mention useless.. considering nobody I knew used the HST standard.. ahhahaha

Oh about current BBS's.. yes they are still out there, most are connected to the internet now though, you can telnet to them.. same effect as dialing up on your terminal program.

[tinlunlau]

L.O.R.D.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw, there's an online edition called "L.O.G.D."

i remember logging on Original Sin BBS and Mage.

[peterbrowne]

i think once i used one at my grandmothers old office on a 9600 Baud rate external modem - best modem i've ever used (talkuing about reliability - they used it for ~15 years)

[GreenWeenie]

I bought a USRobotics 14.4 Dual Standard too! Friggin thing was and still is MASSIVE! Not to mention useless.. considering nobody I knew used the HST standard.. ahhahaha

14.4 HST was a helluva lot better than 9600! It's still a great performing fax modem. No cpu usage involved unlike the stupid winmodems.

BTW ... street price for this puppy back in the early 90s? US$800... for a MODEM!


(Image is actually the 56k version, released years later, but it's about the same profile)

Only BBS I can remember off the top of my head is FutureTron. A big PCBoard system that ran outta an office near Queen & Church. I knew the sysops there pretty well.

[Keelie]

L.O.R.D.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw, there's an online edition called "L.O.G.D."

i remember logging on Original Sin BBS and Mage.

i remember playing L.O.R.D! loved that game. trivia and another one i used to play, i cant remember the name, they were great.

there were only a few of us who used it and after a while we all met up for coffee to meet each other. 4 of us still get together and have formed a great friendship.

[zeroace]

BBS days were the greatest. I remember playing LORD the most cause I foudn that game to be the most entertaining.

[v00d00]

Pimp Wars
Tradewars
Dopewars

Hmmm lotta wars!

[zeroace]

Pimp Wars
Tradewars
Dopewars

Hmmm lotta wars!

And the Foodfight one!
That could be considered "war"

[Peter Pan]

I remember Beyond Akira was the most elite BBS in 905/416, until it got busted!

[v00d00]

Toronto BBS Charged With Piracy [August 15/96]

Software piracy charges have been laid against a Toronto bulletin board system (BBS) after a raid on July 30. Operators of the Beyond Akira board have been charged with distributing illegal copies of software from Symantec Corp., and its subsidiary Delrina (Canada) Corp., and from Microsoft Corp.

According to the charges, one of the operators of the BBS also sold, for C$70, a CD-ROM containing unauthorized copies of Microsoft, Delrina, and Symantec software packages.