Old 716 BBS Stuff reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dflyguy · 2015-07-07 00:38 In the mid 90's the BBS scene in Jamestown NY was my obsession. I has a c-64 and a 300 baud modem, obsolete even then. Eventually Modem Madness beat the others out as the internet came on the scene, by 1996 it was the only major multi-line in the area. I miss the old BBS days; nothing seems as much as a community as it was then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- commiecat · 2015-07-07 03:13 Oh man, I remember 300 baud teleconference was the most amazing thing to me at the time despite the indescribable lag. Funny how today I'd be on the verge of screaming if I had to wait for each individual *letter* appear on-screen during a chat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cdtoad · 2015-07-07 05:18 Nice! I used to dial in to a couple boards in Olean and Buffalo back in the late 80s early 90s but having pre internet in the form of Nysernet at my university dried up the bbs scene for me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gonzarro · 2015-07-07 05:40 Ha! I first went online using a 300 baud modem hooked up to my C64. Those were fun days, that is until ANSI intros became the norm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iheartbaconsalt · 2015-07-07 06:27 I am so glad I never had a monitor or TV that small, except once in 1994 when I bought a super nintendo and a little 12 inch TV lol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HerpieMcDerpie · 2015-07-07 12:34 I lived in Rochester during this time. Pretty sure I remember seeing Mouse trap on the Logon's List. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dflyguy · 2015-07-07 18:35 I made the mistake of dialing into a Fredonia BBS at this time. It was long distance even though it was in the 716 area code and I ran up a $400+ phone bill. My stepdad flipped his shit and I was offline for a few months. Kids these days have no appreciation :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cdtoad · 2015-07-08 01:51 I did that once. The town next to us was long distance but in same area code. $300 something for me. Then I learned about MCI extenders and war dialing. Next time I had my computer taken away and a $5000 fine and wire fraud charges. I was 17 yrs and 11 months old. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dflyguy · 2015-07-09 00:23 I used to war dial 800 numbers, but I never ran afoul of anyone though. Good 'ol War Games making everyone want to be a hacker... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cdtoad · 2015-07-09 01:46 Damn you Matthew Broderick! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- buffaloburley · 2015-07-26 17:53 I grew up and live in Buffalo, NY and I just missed the BBS scene -- are there any 'records' or anything that others might have kept? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dflyguy · 2015-07-26 19:41 I have some printouts, but all my computer files from that era are long since gone from early hard drive crashes.