[REQUEST] Pictures of BBS setups, old telco gear, the more lines the
better.
reddit / bbs

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Sysop_2400 · 2013-05-10 07:08

Kinda figured if any subreddit would appreciate a silly username, this
would be this one.


Just wondering if anyone had any pictures of some old school, high
line count systems.  Always found that sort of thing cool.  For
example (please excuse the terrible quality), [Rusty n Edie's
BBS](http://i.imgur.com/Vu8eYyf.gif)

Sorta related: [Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's
drowned
internet](http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655442/restoring-
verizon-service-manhattan-hurricane-sandy)

Does anyone know of any other vintage computer type subreddits in the
vein of /r/vintagecomputing?

Thanks!

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Zahne1977 · 2013-05-10 12:04

Man, I was on that BBS a few times.  Didn't they eventually get shut
down for piracy or something?

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Sysop_2400 · 2013-05-10 13:05

By Playboy, no less.  Or Hustler.  Ehh, one of the two.  Good ole'
GIFs that took 2 minutes to load, etc.

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Zahne1977 · 2013-05-10 13:14

I hope your 2400 was one of the fancy newer models with error
correction lol

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Sysop_2400 · 2013-05-10 14:15

Oh yeah it was!  When I moved to 2400, went all out and got the Hayes
internal.  That thing might as well been made by Rolls Royce.

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Zahne1977 · 2013-05-10 15:26

I forget what mine was, but I was rocking Bitcom for a bit which
didn't support error correction (Even though my modem did).  Someone
slapped me and made me switch to Telex and I was pretty happy.

Edit: I still have my original install and phone number list with a
registered copy of Terminat lol

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Sysop_2400 · 2013-05-10 16:23

Oooo nice! I was an LCOM junkie. Those recueaive macros +MajorMUD....
man, I was unstoppable until MegaMUD came out!

edit: or TwHelper!