Subj : Re: Anyone new to BBS?
To   : Weatherman
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Jun 07 2025 08:17 am

 Re: Re: Anyone new to BBS?
 By: Weatherman to Josh Bailey on Sat Jun 07 2025 02:42 am

We> A lot of the BBS scene has changed since those days.  Used to be every
We> computer store had their own dial-up BBS to showcase their services and
We> goods.  Hobbyist BBS systems existed in most large towns and small cities.
We> Each area code had LOADS of BBS systems.  One might have to sit on redial
We> for an hour or more to connect to their favorite BBS.

I don't remember if computer stores in my area had their own BBS, but there were a lot of local BBSes in my area back in the early-mid 90s.  Although I like how easy it is to connect to various sites & services on the internet, I also miss being able to use modems to dial and connect to online systems.  Aside from using BBSes in the 90s, my local library also had a dialup phone line with a modem so you could use library computer services from home to seearch for and reserve books etc..  I often felt like I was using a special back door into the library that way.

I always felt like it was really cool that people had the ingenuity to come up with dialup modems, to be able to convert digital information to analog audio and back and transfer data over phone lines (and it's probably much the same technique used to store computer data onto audio cassette tape).

Nightfox

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