BBS Admin machine chat
reddit / bbs

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davelalande · 2015-12-22 01:42

I used to run a BBS called Techsource BBS in Champaign, IL back in the
early 90's.  I had a door which was a chat with what users thought was
me, but it was the server.  The chat started out nice but soon it
would be a little insulting and people would melt down.  I had to only
let the conversation run for a little while before I had to intervene.

Does anyone remember the program/door and if so, do you know if anyone
is still running it today?

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ebookit · 2015-12-22 05:24

It was called Shampage, you could edit the data files to change what
it says to the users.

I used it on my BBS and users thought it was me being smart with them.

It spawned this door:
http://artificial-intelligence.silk.co/page/BBSChat
http://www.simonlaven.com/bbschat.htm

This is Shampage:
http://www.simonlaven.com/shampage.htm

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wyanoh · 2015-12-22 23:16

There was also one called Chat With Lisa
http://bbs.hmvh.net/hmvh/lisa/LISA.HTM
http://textfiles.com/bbs/install.txt

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mro_1337 · 2015-12-23 07:19

there were a bunch of them.  i was surprised how they fooled the
callers.  they didnt know of such things, though. i also juiced mine
up by editing the files