SE Ontario BBS List + Telnet Sites

[Stephen Hart]

Hi Joe,

In a msg of <31 May 04>, ***@sadbuttrue-Band.Com wrote:

C> Holy crapola! There are still BBSes around. Un-friggin-believable. It's
C> been years since I accessed a BBS - or even had a modem in my computer.

Hey. If you ever want to wallow in nostalgia, there's always the
telnet sites. ;-)

C> Back in the day, I was a sysop as well, running Doomsday BBS nodes 1
& 2.

Since the BBS name sounded familiar, I dug out a BBS List from the
mid-1990s. Looks like you were running Remote Access and not in
FidoNet. As a user, I mainly called PC Board and Maximus BBSes, and
then as a sysop I was only involved with FidoNet. So, I don't think
we ever had any direct contact back then. As you mentioned, tho, I do
recall that Doomsday was pretty popular during the BBS era.

C> But thumbs up to your guys for continuing.

Make a sysop's day, log on to a telnet site! :-/ ...Sorry about
that. I couldn't resist a chance to plug telnet sites again and
mention that BBSes can still provide unique message areas. 'Course
that is becoming less and less true, because quite a few of the
still active FidoNet message areas are being "gated" over to
appropriate UseNet newsgroups. OTOH, many telnet BBSes do give folks
who liked the old online games a chance to relive old times.

Anyway, thanks for saying "Hello". Hopefully my long-winded reply
hasn't given you eyestrain. ;-)


TTYL, ...Steve

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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

[Crunchmeister]

No, I never did get FidoNet going, althogu I did run all the local and
regional echo mail services, including my own DoomNet. My BBS was very much
geared towards Doom (the game), its add-ons, mods, resources, etc. At its
peak, I actually had 3 phone lines to my BBS, and they were constantly busy,
and I had 2 other sysops running remote nodes of my BBS.

I actually had started with Maximus, but after some problems, I got tired of
the long-winded configuration and discovered RemoteAccess. From that day
forward, it was the board software for me.

Well, cheers. Keep the old BBSes alive..

---
Crunchmeister (Joe) - more crunch per decibel than a herd of wild hetfields.

Sad But True - A Metallica Tribute Band
http://www.sadbuttrue-band.com

Post by Stephen Hart
Hi Joe,
C> Holy crapola! There are still BBSes around. Un-friggin-believable. It's
C> been years since I accessed a BBS - or even had a modem in my computer.
Hey. If you ever want to wallow in nostalgia, there's always the
telnet sites. ;-)
C> Back in the day, I was a sysop as well, running Doomsday BBS nodes 1
& 2.
Since the BBS name sounded familiar, I dug out a BBS List from the
mid-1990s. Looks like you were running Remote Access and not in
FidoNet. As a user, I mainly called PC Board and Maximus BBSes, and
then as a sysop I was only involved with FidoNet. So, I don't think
we ever had any direct contact back then. As you mentioned, tho, I do
recall that Doomsday was pretty popular during the BBS era.
C> But thumbs up to your guys for continuing.
Make a sysop's day, log on to a telnet site! :-/ ...Sorry about
that. I couldn't resist a chance to plug telnet sites again and
mention that BBSes can still provide unique message areas. 'Course
that is becoming less and less true, because quite a few of the
still active FidoNet message areas are being "gated" over to
appropriate UseNet newsgroups. OTOH, many telnet BBSes do give folks
who liked the old online games a chance to relive old times.
Anyway, thanks for saying "Hello". Hopefully my long-winded reply
hasn't given you eyestrain. ;-)
TTYL, ...Steve
-
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.