Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Bucko
Date : Mon Feb 14 2022 18:33:17

On 14 Feb 2022, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> 
 pF> 8-bit floppy-based BBSes -  Amazing that they were a thing. GA Ellsworth
 pF> ran  Pure Nihilism, and later Cool Beans! BBS on an Apple // and had
 pF> people  calling *after* he moved from the midwest to San Francisco. Back
 pF> when LD  charges were a thing.
 pF> 
 pF> I think he had a clock, and lower case support. I do remember how odd it 
 pF> looked in 40 columns on Procomm Plus.
 pF> 

I ran a 8bit BBS from 1986 to 1993 on a Commodore 64. Image BBS had lower case, color graphics, 40 or 80 column support (although no one running one really cared about 80 column support) LD WAS a thing especially with networking the BBS' I would dial out to Philly at 12:30 as soon as my LD carrier went to the cheaper prices, Philly would call Michigan at 1:30, Michigan would call Utah at 2:30, Utah to California at 3:30, that is if every board was not busy. If a board in the line was busy that message would not leave until the following night! Phone bills at least on my end were in the $500-$800 range monthly! Anyway, I am off topic.. Still run a 8bit BBS to this day. Wrong Number IV runs on Image BBS 3.0, but at least my version is fully 40 and 80 column compatible...

AL

.... Do device drivers need a chauffeur's license?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
 * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)

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