I still remember the BBS days quite fondly. They're one of those things that you talk about in that "Ahh, the good old days" way. My first computer after retur

I still remember the BBS days quite fondly. They're one of those things that you talk about in that "Ahh, the good old days" way. My first computer after returning to the United States was an Apple Performa 467, and a Global Village 2400 baud modem. I found the legendary Mac app Zterm to dial into some local BBSs in the Sacramento area and then again when I moved to Seattle. I spent more hours playing Galactic Empire (I liked the Major BBS) than I can even remember. The thing I loved about the BBS community (at least in my experience) was that it was usually local, and unless they told you who they were, you didn't care (or know) who was behind the screen name. They were just another user that you chatted with about whatever was going on. People were using the Teleconference feature and it was a common thing to find that all of the lines were used by people logged into Tele. Sometimes there was that one user in MajorMud or Kyrandia or something but most people were in tele. Then someone would say "Coffee in 10" and that was the queue to disconnect, hop in the car, and drive over to Java City at 18th & Capital. Good times. Met some people in the BSB scene that I'm still friends with, 20 years later.