02-04-2008, 02:32 PM | #23 | |
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To me, it all started in the late 70's with a commodore PET. That's the computer I wanted, but I ended up with a trs80 model I. I was running three 80 track double sided floppy drive (overtracking them) to store all the data on my board. I had a fourth drive but that was a boot drive (40 track shuggart single sided). That was a hot setup then. Gary |
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02-13-2008, 07:37 PM | #24 |
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guilty.
I miss those days in some ways. It was like you were part of a cool (well maybe not that cool to other people) underground community. I remember downloading the ACiD and ICE ascii art packs advertising BBS's etc... Some of the artwork was incredibly creative considering their limitations. -BMW2006 |
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Hello, Yes I ran two BBS in the 80's (Pirat's Guild Main & Sigma Systems). I gave up after fidonet broke down and was hard keeping a subscription base for the new and upcomming internet connectivity. We were bigger than Prodigy for a while. he he btw, the Commodore PET rocked! So did the VIC 20. |
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02-20-2008, 05:04 PM | #26 |
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late 80's here, running 1200 baud and designing some of that primitive ASCII art for "sites"
Then the 90's rolled around and we started using IRC bots at the university to distro files to all the leechers...those days were definitely interesting
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10-09-2024, 11:37 PM | #28 |
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Wow what a bump. Back in 2008, I still had optimism and the illusion of opportunity. What an idiot.
Anyway, I was heavy into MUD's. I'd dial into a modem pool at a local university and then dial back out to another college where I actually had access to the VAX where I used telnet to play MUD's. I had to do the modem pool trick because that second university was long distance. Edit: I was actually replying to someone who bumped this post, but I guess they were removed. Last edited by nerdogray; 10-10-2024 at 09:47 AM.. |
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