BBSing
Way back in the 1990's, before the advent of the internet, we computer geeks ( and many novices) used to run BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems). Click here for a local listing, by area code, of all of the local systems that once ran here.
BBS's were sort of like a local mini-internet dial-up local system. Sysops (System Operators) would program and run their own local boards on their own personal computers. Features included interactive message boards, file sharing, and gaming. Many BBS's zero'd in on a particular niche, such as messaging, doors (online games), or file sharing.
I ran City Limits BBS, one of the top-rated local boards here in Fort Wayne, per the News Sentinel. Our local focus was messaging first, and online doors ( games). We ran from 1994 til 2000. CL is still saved on it's original pute, and I would love to put it back up at some point in time.
I hope you enjoy these screen captures fromsome of the old local boards.
posted by John Good @ 11:52 PM
1 Comments:
just wanted to let everybody know that bbsing is still alive in some form, via telnet.
there's a list of bbses here http://telnetbbsguide.com/
you have to weed through a bunch to find decent bbses, but it's worth it.
Also check out http://www.myspace.com/bbses for more bbs information, especially for those
people that are using vista, you have to enable the telnet client.
a good client is mt32, you can get it at http://ozone.eesc.com
i'd like to see more GOOD people in the bbs scene, so i'm working on getting people involved again!
have a good one!
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