I started BBSing in 1988 or so. I ran my own from 1992 until 1997-ish, when it kinda fizzled out. I wrote my own BBS software, after teaching myself C. I even h

I started BBSing in 1988 or so. I ran my own from 1992 until 1997-ish, when it kinda fizzled out. I wrote my own BBS software, after teaching myself C. I even had Internet email and a few newsgroups through UUCP. It was a tighter knit community: you got to know people locally, people you never would've met otherwise. That is something I really miss from the old BBS days: the local community aspect.