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  • what was the first bbs you ever called?

    From Shurato@23:1/104 to pweck on Saturday, September 26, 2026 12:07:00

    i think it was before i started a bbs, but i lived a long way from bbses so i had to rely on calling 1-800 sites, just to get connected! the cost back then to call out was outrageous esp on a 2400 baud modem lol
    pweck

    Back in 1983, a 300bps system at a local computer store running CBBS!

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  • From Mike Dippel@23:250/11 to Pweck on Saturday, September 26, 2026 19:41:30
    On 9/18/2026 5:55 PM, Pweck wrote to All:

    i think it was before i started a bbs, but i lived a long way from bbses so i
    had to rely on calling 1-800 sites, just to get connected! the cost back then
    to call out was outrageous esp on a 2400 baud modem lol
    pweck

    ... Honk if you love peace and quiet!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/101)

    One year after my Prodigy subscription expired, I started my own BBS. I incorrectly said
    before that it was in the late 90's. It was actually the late 80's. I had never called ANY
    BBS's prior to that. But I guess you could say that Prodigy was the first I called.

    My 286 Packard Bell came with an internal 2400 baud modem. I added 3 more external
    28800 and 56k modems, 1 of which would auto dial to a local ISP so I always had
    internet access. All of this on a DOS machine!

    I could log on locally and still have 3 more users online at the same time. The only
    problem was that all of us were sharing a rather slow internet connection. Mostly they
    were posting messages or playing Door games.

    I ran HobbyNet with other local BBS's but I couldn't afford to get into Fidonet back then.
    It would have involved a near zone phone call which would have cost me more money.

    I lived in the south end of Broward county near Miami. My HobbyNet was carried by
    systems throughout all of Miami-Dade county and as far north as Palm Beach county.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v10.0gr17
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS (23:250/11)
  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Shurato on Saturday, September 26, 2026 21:51:12
    i think it was before i started a bbs, but i lived a long way from bb so i had to rely on calling 1-800 sites, just to get connected! the c back then to call out was outrageous esp on a 2400 baud modem lol

    Back in 1983, a 300bps system at a local computer store running CBBS!

    ahh...the good old days!

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    ... Just another prisoner of gravity!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)
  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Mike Dippel on Saturday, September 26, 2026 21:53:36
    One year after my Prodigy subscription expired, I started my own BBS. I incorrectly said
    before that it was in the late 90's. It was actually the late 80's. I had never called ANY
    BBS's prior to that. But I guess you could say that Prodigy was the
    first I called.

    My 286 Packard Bell came with an internal 2400 baud modem. I added 3
    more external
    28800 and 56k modems, 1 of which would auto dial to a local ISP so I always had

    internet access. All of this on a DOS machine!

    I could log on locally and still have 3 more users online at the same time. The only
    problem was that all of us were sharing a rather slow internet
    connection. Mostly they
    were posting messages or playing Door games.

    I ran HobbyNet with other local BBS's but I couldn't afford to get into Fidonet back then.
    It would have involved a near zone phone call which would have cost me more money.

    I lived in the south end of Broward county near Miami. My HobbyNet was carried by
    systems throughout all of Miami-Dade county and as far north as Palm
    Beach county.


    Another great story - if kids today only knew....

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    ... Unzip... expand... What kind of pervert came up with this?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)