It was a blast installing, running, and later modifying BBS software. Usually the source was available somewhere, even for shareware stuff or via a warez site.

It was a blast installing, running, and later modifying BBS software. Usually the source was available somewhere, even for shareware stuff or via a warez site. Or you'd just hack it directly with a hex editor. You'd have your usual haunts where you'd dial in to check messages (before fidonet). The haves were on HST dual standard, the have-nots on v32bis. Having a sysop break in for a chat was a fairly common occurrence. Fun times...