[NBLUG/talk] BBS nostalgia
derf at sonic.net
derf at sonic.net
Thu May 14 13:58:50 PDT 2009
Wow, all of this really brings me back. I ran three different
successive WWIV BBS's (Chowder Hut, Coffee Pot, and some other name I
can't remember)
It's funny because I got into the ANSI art scene a year or two after
I shut down my BBS... People are still doing it out there, kinda nuts.
This page has links to the ANSI art show that was held at a gallery
in SF, along with tons of other links:
http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/text-art/ [1]
Fun stuff...
Derf
(I think it's scary that my handle is old enough to vote now...)
On Thu 05/14/09 1:49 PM , Jordan Erickson
jerickson at logicalnetworking.net sent:
I do remember that =) That was cool, I remember a few other boards
having similar things. It was always cool to put your own creativity
into your board. I hated the generic RG boards (I hate to admit I
was a
renegade fanboy).
Just to throw some ON topic info to this OT thread, anyone using
Linux
and wanting a REAL BBS telnet client with REAL ANSi capabilities, I
found this, and it rocks.
http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/
Cheers,
Jordan
gandalf at sonic.net [3] wrote:
> Anyone remember the ANSI rotator I had on The DarkSide? It was
programmed (in batch files no less) to load a different batch of ten
ANSI logoff art pics each day and special collections on special days.
Then the art would cycle for each logoff. Some users would
login/logoff just to see what was loaded that day.
>
> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline here)
>
> On Thu 14/05/09 12:23 PM , Jordan Erickson
jerickson at logicalnetworking.net [4] sent:
>
>> Heh! What's up DaMiT, long time no chat. =) SVN is in Petaluma
now, I
>> worked in the same building with Scott and Bill when they started
>> working with API/Cornisica. Crazy.
>>
>> I miss DF. I still have a backup of it. I need a good ANSi viewer
for
>> Linux so I can marvel at the days it took me to make some of the
>> shuttle.ans animations. TheDraw was awesome. =)
>>
>> /s
>>
>> Whoops. =p
>>
>>
>>
>> cecrops@
>> sandwich.net wrote:> Hey, Dark Forces was one of my favourite
BBSes!
>> Glad to see you're doing > well. We also worked at SVN a few
years apart -
>> I remember seeing your > name in comments on the nbcls system.
>>
>>> - David Turover (aka DaMiT in an earlier
>>>
>> age)>
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 May 2009, Jordan Erickson
>>>
>> wrote:>
>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:35:18
>>>>
>> -0700>> From: Jordan Erickson >> Reply-To:
>>
>>>> "General NBLUG chatter about
>>>>
>> anything Linux, answers to questions, etc.">> >>> To:
"General NBLUG chatter about
>> anything Linux, answers to questions, etc.">> >>> Subject:
Re: [NBLUG/talk] BBS
>> nostalgia>>
>>
>>>> I remember those boards as well. Ah, BBSes.
>>>>
>> I still think about putting>> one up again some day, just for
fun. In the
>> meantime, there's some>> pretty cool activity here (via telnet),
>> including active RG development:>>
>>
>>>> ttb.slyip.com
>>>>
>>>> (Official Renegade BBS)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gandalf at son [5]
>>>>
>> ic.net wrote:>>
>>
>>>>> Cool. I remember Dark Forces although
>>>>>
>> I'm not certain that I had an account there. I was hanging out on
Oceans of
>> the Moon, City Nights and Rapture. I'm pretty sure the DarkSide
is sitting
>> in my storage locker. I could probably put in a new CMOS battery
plug it in
>> and it'd start taking calls. It's a Packard Bell 486sx25.>>>
>>
>>>>> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline
>>>>>
>> here)>>>
>>
>>>>> On Wed 13/05/09 1:10 PM , Jordan
>>>>>
>> Erickson jerickson at logicalnetworking.net [6] sent:>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice to run into you again, Gandalf.
>>>>>>
>> =)>>>>
>>
>>>>>> -= The Darkener =-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (SysOp of "Dark Forces"
>>>>>>
>> (and later named "Innerlink")>>>> BBS)
>>
>>>>>> [...snipping long
>>>>>>
>> thread...]>>>>
>>
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