Modems, wArEz, and ANSI art: Remembering BBS life at 2400bps
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Idoiocracy · 2014-01-23 05:32

Oh man, great article. Memories came flooding back on seeing that
Telemate screen.

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HerpieMcDerpie · 2014-01-23 12:22

I guess I'm lucky that I never encountered a multi node bbs that
required a subscription fee. I think you could donate for more daily
minutes though.

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spork_king · 2014-01-23 14:32

Oh man, The Pit! I spent so much time playing that. And Tradewars.
Great article!

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kredor · 2014-01-24 09:17

Oh, great article. I love when Ars make those write ups of old
technology. I'm not young enough to remember 2400bps (our first modem
var 14.4K), but still remember having fun downloading mod files and
game trainers. And there was this one local BBS called Valhalla that
was actually a MUD (in Danish) with a least 10 lines that allowed
people to play together. Unfortunately, I was not a regular there
either as the phone bill would have been too large.

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valcarni · 2014-03-05 14:08

I absolutely love The Pit.. it's great to play offline with an
emulator