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Thanks for the link! Rusty n Edie was run out of Boardman, OH (suburb of Youngstown) in a plaza at the corner of California Ave and York Ave. In fact, the sign
by jdforsythe420 5y ago
Thanks for the link! Rusty n Edie was run out of Boardman, OH (suburb of Youngstown) in a plaza at the corner of California Ave and York Ave. In fact, the sign for the plaza is still there: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0212018,-80.6563805,3a,27.1y,139h,97.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBchplSlKUaTwF9RjvkbXSg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DBchplSlKUaTwF9RjvkbXSg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D165.98904%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0212018,-80.6563805,3a,27.1y...
We had lots of BBSs around here in the 90s, including Viper's Den run by Bob McCoy and K's Korner run by Dennis Klaustermeyer.
To answer the OP question, compared to now it would seem terrible, dialing up to a text interface on 2400 baud modems. But at the time it was AWESOME. For most of us this was the first time we'd ever used a network of any kind.
- pimlottc 5y agoWow, that's crazy there's still a sign! It's also crazy how far out the 216 area code used to extend...