Subj : Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : nelgin
Date : Fri Mar 29 2024 14:01:02

  Re: Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to nelgin on Fri Mar 29 2024 06:46:00

 >  I remember all of those BBSes that opened up with delusions of grandeur
 >  after christmas, but were only open from 10:00am until 5:00am, using
 >  their parents' phone line.
 >
 > Kinda ruins the mystique of "TH3 HAX0RZ H1DE0UT!!!!1" when mom answers
 > the BBS line...

Haha, yup. Another popular method that was used was call, let it ring then call back again. The system would answer if you called within so many seconds.

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