Subj : Re: BBS'ing
To : Nick Andre
From : Dan Clough
Date : Fri Jun 03 2022 06:32 pm
-=> Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-
DC> I lived in the Chicago-land area back then, so there were quite a few
DC> boards around. I'd say PCB was certainly not the majority of them, but
DC> the ones that were seemed much "nicer" than most of the rest. Maybe
DC> "more professional" looking is the right term. So that's what I ran
DC> then, and liked it a lot. Also registered InterMail and InterEcho for
DC> mail stuff, worked well also. As I recall the USRobotics modem site ran
DC> PCB back then. :-)
NA> I keep hearing from many people that Chicago had *the* scene,
NA> possibly the biggest in the country at one time. Toronto had a
NA> big one but nothing compared to some other American cities.
Yes, it was pretty active, and Net 115 at the time was fairly big. I
was running the BBS and Fido from 93-96. Really a great time.
NA> Lol wow, Dale Barnes the current IM/IE author I think lives in
NA> Chicago... somewhere in IL anyhow.
The nodelist shows him in both Chicago and Houston, which seems a little
strange. As far as I know, IM/IE is not under further development.
... Is fire supposed to shoot out of it like that!?
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