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spaceman Spiff

i was thinking bbs rims.

psyclo

For all of us that arnt that old wtf is bbs? some newsgroup/maillist/pre-forum software i would guess?

Rotarydragon

Usually you used a telecomunications program to dial into the BBS (Qmodem,

Telix, HyperTerm, etc) and then you got ANSI graphics. That's just plain old text for you young whipper snappers. If you've ever used telnet you've got the idea.



Most BBS's had file areas where you could download/upload files, message areas where you could talk and nifty things called doors where you could play games etc.



Popular BBS packages inluded Wildcat!, Renegade, TriBBS, PC-BOARD, MajorBBS, Searchlight, TBBS, KBBS



Ahhh the good old days.



BBS's are dead, the only two packages that I know of that still exsist are Wildcat! (http://www.santronics.com) and MajorBBS or Worldcomm whatever they call it now.

ambassador_josh

They were before my time, but had it been capable, the RIAA and MPAA would've hardly been able to touch the piracy issue, since the GOOD BBSes were only discovered by word of mouth, and they wouldnt let just anyone in...

spaceman Spiff

i know what ANSI is but never heard of BBS. at first i was thinking of BBC.

sidewinderx7

bbs's were the nerds answer to pre-publice internet days. You called local bbs's with a modem ... lol most likely your 14.4 or if you were a baller it was a 28.8!



Everyone that called them were usually locals in the area to that bbs (same area code), and like someone metioned, they were usually only found by word of mouth. You had to be in on the nerd circle...

Eric Happy Meal

i was thinking dritish broadcasting service.