On 8/24/20 9:53 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
What better to approximate the message bases of BBS systems :-) I remember logging into some back in the day and finding nice technical treasures message after message. Then, another BBS with local events were a hotbed of name calling and childish put downs.
Our Xenix BBS in Tacoma, WA didn't even have file areas, just message areas and real-time chat. There were interest-specific message areas, but the real-time chat was the hot ticket. We had 4 phone lines, and they were all tied up between 4:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. There were a few jerks, but our user base were generally good people. A bunch of us would even get together for pizza, parties, etc. This was mid-'80s.
A bunch of us in NJ did that too, every so often. It was a really great time. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA