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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)<br>
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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. <br>
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This page has links to the ANSI art show that was held at a gallery in SF, along with tons of other links:<br>
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<a href="http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/text-art/">http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/text-art/</a><br>
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Fun stuff...<br>
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Derf <br>
(I think it's scary that my handle is old enough to vote now...)<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Thu 05/14/09 1:49 PM , Jordan Erickson jerickson@logicalnetworking.net sent:<br>
</span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(245, 245, 245); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px;">I do remember that =) That was cool, I remember a few other boards <br>
having similar things. It was always cool to put your own creativity <br>
into your board. I hated the generic RG boards (I hate to admit I was a <br>
renegade fanboy).<br>
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Just to throw some ON topic info to this OT thread, anyone using Linux <br>
and wanting a REAL BBS telnet client with REAL ANSi capabilities, I <br>
found this, and it rocks.<br>
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<a target="_blank" href="<a href="http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/">http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/</a>"><span style="color: red;">http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/</span></a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Jordan<br>
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<a href="mailto:gandalf@sonic.net">gandalf@sonic.net</a> wrote:<br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> 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. </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline here)</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> On Thu 14/05/09 12:23 PM , Jordan Erickson <a href="mailto:jerickson@logicalnetworking.net">jerickson@logicalnetworking.net</a> sent:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Heh! What's up DaMiT, long time no chat. =) SVN is in Petaluma now, I </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> worked in the same building with Scott and Bill when they started </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> working with API/Cornisica. Crazy.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> I miss DF. I still have a backup of it. I need a good ANSi viewer for </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Linux so I can marvel at the days it took me to make some of the </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> shuttle.ans animations. TheDraw was awesome. =)</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> /s</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Whoops. =p</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> cecrops@</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> sandwich.net wrote:> Hey, Dark Forces was one of my favourite BBSes!</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Glad to see you're doing > well. We also worked at SVN a few years apart -</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> I remember seeing your > name in comments on the nbcls system.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> - David Turover (aka DaMiT in an earlier</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> age)></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> On Wed, 13 May 2009, Jordan Erickson</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> wrote:> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:35:18</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> -0700>> From: Jordan Erickson >> Reply-To:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> "General NBLUG chatter about</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> anything Linux, answers to questions, etc.">> >>> To: "General NBLUG chatter about</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> anything Linux, answers to questions, etc.">> >>> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] BBS</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> nostalgia>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> I remember those boards as well. Ah, BBSes.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> I still think about putting>> one up again some day, just for fun. In the</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> meantime, there's some>> pretty cool activity here (via telnet),</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> including active RG development:>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> ttb.slyip.com</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> (Official Renegade BBS)</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> <a href="mailto:gandalf@son">gandalf@son</a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> ic.net wrote:>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> Cool. I remember Dark Forces although</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> I'm not certain that I had an account there. I was hanging out on Oceans of</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> the Moon, City Nights and Rapture. I'm pretty sure the DarkSide is sitting</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> in my storage locker. I could probably put in a new CMOS battery plug it in</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> and it'd start taking calls. It's a Packard Bell 486sx25.>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> here)>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> On Wed 13/05/09 1:10 PM , Jordan</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Erickson <a href="mailto:jerickson@logicalnetworking.net">jerickson@logicalnetworking.net</a> sent:>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> Nice to run into you again, Gandalf.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> =)>>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> -= The Darkener =-</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> (SysOp of "Dark Forces"</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> (and later named "Innerlink")>>>> BBS)</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> [...snipping long</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> thread...]>>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> _______________________________________________> talk mailing list</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> <a target="_blank" href="<a href="http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk%26gt">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk%26gt</a>"><span style="color: red;">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk></span></a>; </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>> </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> -- </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>> Jordan Erickson</span><br>
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