BBSs helped setup social connections in the SF East Bay that resulted in in person social activities that ran, in some form, continuously for 20+ years. The sy

BBSs helped setup social connections in the SF East Bay that resulted in in person social activities that ran, in some form, continuously for 20+ years. The systems used were based on WWIV. Another was a multi-line system that included games one could play against others called Popnet - it was a custom system written by a father/son pair.