Subj : Re: computers
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun May 04 2025 08:34:32

  Re: Re: computers
  By: Jimmy Anderson to Nightfox on Sat May 03 2025 10:44 pm

 Ni>> Yeah..  I was surprised he also said he thought about 90% of BBSes had
 Ni>> disappeared in 1993, which seems pretty early to me.  The BBS scene was

 JA> Here, when we moved from Jackson to Memphis, there were still SEVERAL
 JA> BBS's running! I paid for a dial up shell account to use for telnet and
 JA> such, before we migrated to AOL for 'the web.' But even then BBS's were
 JA> still popular. This was 93-94 or so.

Where I am, I'd say there were more than just 'several' BBSes still running in 1993.  I didn't even start running my BBS until 1994, and I think there were still a lot of BBSes in my area at that time.  Mine got plenty of callers..  I think it was around 1997 or so when BBS usage in my area started to drop off, and it seemed to drop off fairly quickly.  I took my BBS down in 2000 because it was rarely getting any callers anymore.

What I think is interesting is that I think my current BBS now gets more use than my original BBS was getting in 2000..

Nightfox
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