Dang. Xevious nerds, represent! I remember when Software Tool & Die started offering dialup & Internet e-mail addresses.

There is also a current documentary series being made about the BBS scene *as it is right now*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OwGSX2IiQ

You might like:

/r/bbs

See also:

1992:
Mac SE Color.
Delphi is free after 7:00 pm.
Finally got a 128mb modem.
Make sure to dial a local number.
“Set Parity String.”
“Dial” = (type the phone number) “press enter”
*No Dial Tone Detected.*
“whoops, forgot to move the phone line.”
*plugs in the landline cable to the modem.*
*Detecting dial tone*
*dialing*
*Detecting ring signal…*
*TTL Handshake*

Then that glorious sound that means one has arrived.
*zrooo-dee-dee-dee-…….*

TO THE INTERNET!!!

and whatever you do, obfuscate your email address with a few characters.

alt.pics.photography.
alt.humor.montypython
alt.humor.montypython.python
alt.humor.montypython.python.python

alt.pics.somepersonisashmoe.

alt.advice.howtoremove.x

alt.houseplants.mobile

etc etc etc

The BBS titles themselves were their own mode of communication.

I miss the old days…

Some Telnet and BBS related links –

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/

http://textfiles.com/bbs/

https://synchro.net/sbbslist.html

Btw BBSs can be easily accessed from android using termux, or from windows using command prompt with telnet enabled, for those who want to check them out. They still work, well.. some of them anyways.

Jason Scott is the man. Highly recommend everyone drop him a follow on Twitter. Also, check out /r/retrobattlestations if this kind of stuff interests you!

Apple Cat modem, 300 baud, but with a 1200 bps single duplex mode for lightning fast downloads. That was the life!

good old days!

I loved running my BBS. As a 13 yr old, I had 99% uptime, 14,4k HST and was considered as a west coast distribution point for a major group. Life was good. Had opened a porn section to help fulfill my… interests at the time which people were filling up to bump their ratios. I even asked for donations and got a few hundred in checks that I never deposited. Those were good times

Love this! Miss the old days.

Is mIRC next?

Oh man, the long distance charges I incurred connecting to BBS were not appropriated by my parents lol.

I miss my 64c, 1541 and my lightning fast 1200bps modem. Load “*” ,8,1

Slight correction: this documentary premiered in 2005.