 OT: Do people still use DOS based BBS's, What about ALT.newsgroup or whatever |
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| Mueller |
 Apr 28 2005, 01:32 PM
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Never really understood what the heck these things are compared to the internet I know with webpages and all that fancy graphics
where the BBSs and alt.newsgroups or alt.whatever the only way to communicate before html or windoz or ??? tried to look it up, but just got confused (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) |
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Apr 28 2005, 07:30 PM
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PLATO ... wow, that brings back memories! Early plasma screens, had a primitive form of instant messaging, and a few games like lunar lander. And this in the mid-70s. Took a few courses on that system. |
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Mueller OT: Do people still use DOS based BBS's Apr 28 2005, 01:32 PM
Brad Roberts You REALLY dont have anything better to do ?
B Apr 28 2005, 01:35 PM john rogers Newsgroups is where the "real internet" is. There ... Apr 28 2005, 01:44 PM bondo I used to call in to BBSs with my Amiga. 2400 Bps ... Apr 28 2005, 01:49 PM Rand Ah yes... takes me back to the 80s... the screechi... Apr 28 2005, 01:54 PM tat2dphreak alt.binaries.??? you name it, the newsgroups had i... Apr 28 2005, 02:28 PM john rogers The last time I checked, newsgroups were not monit... Apr 28 2005, 02:40 PM Rand The OpenNAP network has tons of terrabytes of ever... Apr 28 2005, 02:42 PM lapuwali In the beginning, there were many unconnected "net... Apr 28 2005, 02:53 PM Gint Those were the good old days... THE place to get ... Apr 28 2005, 05:17 PM mikey Mozilla and Firefox have good built in newsreaders... Apr 28 2005, 06:52 PM yarin Ahhh.. those were the days.
I was the only 11 yea... Apr 28 2005, 07:00 PM lapuwali Apr 28 2005, 08:11 PM 914GT I was long gone by the 80s so I don't know wha... Apr 28 2005, 08:53 PM Qarl I was a member of several boards on my 386sx-20. ... Apr 28 2005, 08:57 PM 914GT I just checked and there are four newsgroups for P... Apr 28 2005, 09:13 PM
jkeyzer Newsgroups are very much alive and well because as... Apr 28 2005, 09:48 PM |
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