I was fortunate to be a sysop on one of Sydney's popular BBS. At first we offered some MUDs and chat. Then multilayer doom and ultimately IRC gateway before it

I was fortunate to be a sysop on one of Sydney's popular BBS. At first we offered some MUDs and chat. Then multilayer doom and ultimately IRC gateway before it became redundant. But through that I learned Linux, then novel which started my career. Forever grateful for that modem. Old BBS thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147583