Cool Coco BBS
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"Cool CoCo was one of the first BBS systems operating in
Connecticut in 1983. We had at least three of them running in the
Meriden - Wallingford area. Using hacked sprint long distance
numbers the BBS was also capable of dialing out to establish
"secure" connections. We tried to sell stuff like disks & software
on the BBS. It seemed that everyone that we knew was able to make,
break, and copy software. Pirates didn~Rt need to buy software.
The BBS was run on a slightly modified RS Color Computer. One with
128 KB memory, 3 disk drives with custom hardware interrupts. The
software used was called Chaos. It was an OS that Skolnik
developed and tried to sell. He was a kid genius who spoke machine
code as fluently as English. The hijinks that went on in that era
were a hoot. Many users made attempts at crashing the system. One
time a ~Sspecial~T code was sent to BBS. A code that reformatted
the drive and repetitively slammed the read/write head against the
sides of the unit. Not a very nice thing to do. Most memorable
moment was a loud knock on the door from an FBI agent who was
investigating a bank robbery. My BBS & name was posted on a
Danbury BBS that was somehow involved in the crime. Considering
the mass of hacked printed sprint numbers on hand the FBI
encounter was nerve rattling. Another more jaded memory was the
quantity of pornography that was being distributed on the Computer
Bulletin Board systems." - Anonymous

Phone   : 203-235-9332
Place   : Meriden, CT
Years   : 1983 - 1986
Sysop   : Not telling
Software: Custom drivers - Chaos OS for CoCo

Listed by telephone number, as they all were. A few of
these boards did reach the web: see recoveries-002.txt.
Source  : bbslist.textfiles.com, compiled by Jason Scott

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