Subj : Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards? To : All From : nelgin Date : Wed Jun 26 2024 19:38:25 On Wed, 29 May 2024 18:55:05 -0700 "Infiltrator" (46:1/104) wrote: > Back in 1988 my parents bought a full Commodore 128 setup used. Not > sure on the sellers situation, but in addition to the usual it > included extra floppy drive and a 300 baud modem. I did not have > money to pay for the various services that were offered. However, > there was a weekly/monthly computer publication that had all the > state (MN) BBS numbers. I was hooked. > > From there I needed to find a way to access long distance numbers > without using codes. I heard and witnessed horror stories of people > getting caught. My goal was to find other ways and test phone > systems, 800 dial up modem and exchanges to exploit flaws to get long > distance for free. > > Throughout this journey of wardialing and exploiting were modem and > system upgrades. A very exciting time in my youth and lead me to the > career I am in today. > > -Infiltrator > > --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/28 (Windows/32) > * Origin: Black Flag blackflag.acid.org:23 > (46:1/104) The US is lucky that it has free local dialing. Nothing like that in the UK. The first time I heard about such a concept was when I was on holiday in Barbados and they told us that all calls on the island were free so people could be on the phone for hours. My head was spinning at the possibilities! -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 .