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> Most were people I’d never met in person I was on a BBS in Sacramento, CA and we had the opposite - it was a MajorBBS system and teleconference was almost al
by jrnichols 7y ago
> Most were people I’d never met in person
I was on a BBS in Sacramento, CA and we had the opposite - it was a MajorBBS system and teleconference was almost always full. People could say "CIT" (Coffee In Ten) and we'd all drop off and meet up at a Java City location in midtown. The odd thing about this BBS was that it was a very diverse group, and not just a warez scene. It was actually a local social scene, and weathered the days of AOL. The web slowly killed it off, though.
- threeio 7y agoMajorBBS was a whole other ballgame when it came to operations... Cost of the software, digiboards, modems and multiple lines generally put it outside of the reach of the teenage sysop market... it also tended to lend to commercial operators who flipped into the ISP space (or at least it did on the east coast)
- jrnichols 7y agoWe had a couple in the northern California region that were MajorBBS. I don't remember the costs but it seemed like it was common. Wildcat and Hermes were others … I think. it's been a while. :) I'd love to spin up a MajorBBS installation again just to play Galactic Empire. That was a fun game.