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What an awesome time in computing history. I sometimes find myself judging other IT guys by whether or not they have ever used a BBS.
by jrsmith1279 14y ago
What an awesome time in computing history. I sometimes find myself judging other IT guys by whether or not they have ever used a BBS.
- bdunbar 14y agoI used a BBS. My wife built and sysoped one. And yes, that's how we met.
- akira2501 14y agoNot an uncommon story, I suspect.. but, Roger?
- bdunbar 14y agoYou lost me. What?
- Nate75Sanders 14y agoHe's indicating that the story may not be an uncommon one, but gambling, anyway, that you may be someone named Roger who he knows has the same story.
- bdunbar 14y agoSee ... this is what happens when one is raised by wolves. One has no idea about common social conventions. Wolves ... or raised in Oklahoma in the pre-internet era. Same thing, really.
- lurkinggrue 14y agoHow about if they RAN a BBS.
- dgabriel 14y agoMy mom would not shell out for a second phone line. :(
- evincarofautumn 14y agoThere is such quintessential geek pathos in this little phrase.
- grannyg00se 14y agoI ran a bbs. Even had a couple of paid members. I'm embarrassed to say that I can't even remember what it was called now.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoOnly partly related, but I am too young to have used a BBS in Europe. When I came to Taiwan three years ago, I was delighted to see open Telnet sessions on many CS students' computers, browsing a BBS, in Big5 encoding nonetheless. I love how local computer customs differ.