NICE.GIF - Event Horizons BBS ad 1987 reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4_bit_forever · 2019-12-22 17:30 This file was distributed as an advertisement for the Event Horizons BBS which could be contacted at 503-777-1578. This was scanned by James Maxey in 1987, using TEGA by Videotex Systems. Maxey may have taken the photograph as well, I am not sure. It's a very interesting and primitive digitization method. The dithering achieves a decent color range using a limited pallet. Be sure to zoom in to admire the patterns and noise, especially the vertical lines on her cheeks. Original file name: NICE.GIF Enlarged 200% & converted to .PNG x-post r/VintageDigitalImaging ⁴–₿↕₮\_╒□Ɽꞓⱱⱻꝶ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samalex01 · 2019-12-22 19:59 I always wanted to call Event Horizons, but my parents would've killed me for calling long distance. Years after the BBS era had died I regret not calling some of these more well known BBSes even if getting a lecture about the phone bill... It would've been worth it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4_bit_forever · 2019-12-22 20:12 lol I got in trouble for calling the Sierra hint line ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samalex01 · 2019-12-22 21:31 Oh gosh I SO wanted to call them many times ... I found a bootleg copy of LSL when I was in 7th or 8th grade (around 1988 or 89) and had so many issues getting through it. I almost called them a few times, but I never did, figured they'd not talk to a kid about it :) Found plenty of tips and hits on Fidonet though which got me through it eventually. Oh those were the days, and the days I miss. I'd give up most of what we have today for the simpler tech days of the 80's and early 90's. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4_bit_forever · 2019-12-22 21:45 Ha, it was an automated home line with recordings - you didn't actually speak to anyone. And yes they definitely let kids get home about Leisure Suit Larry. The made those games impossible on purpose so that you would call the hint line! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dcpanthersfan · 2019-12-23 00:37 How long would this take to load at 1200 baud? An hour? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4_bit_forever · 2019-12-23 01:11 Probably not that long. A minute or two? I'll post the original file size later so you can calculate it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spentmiles · 2019-12-23 01:13 I called because I couldn't figure out how to spell suite, as in ride the elevator to the honeymoon sweet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- angry-software-dev · 2019-12-23 04:32 I lived in a college city, one of the larger colleges ran a service where you'd dial a local number and get dropped directly to another modem -- as in you could issue an ATDT for any number you wanted and and get about 19200. I'm sure it was intended for specific use, but somehow it was exposed to anyone who knew the phone number. I have no idea how I originally found this, I think I was just war- dialing every number in Harvard, MIT, and BU's exchanges. I was able to call BBS' all over the country using it. I was judicious in my use, I kept it to under an hour per day, and I think about 6 months after I found it it went dead, but what an amazing thing it was while it lasted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valdebrick · 2019-12-23 12:33 I caught the BBS era towards the end (mid 90s) and had the chance to call long distance into Seth Robinson's board (creator of Legend of the Red Dragon). He was still working on LORD 2 at the time and had a beta version of it up on his board. The phone bill came in at around $350 and my mom flipped her shit. Good times.