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To: A.M. Smith

My dad talked about those BBS’s - bulletin boards where people would have their own chat rooms on their home computers. I wonder if it’ll go back to that.


4 posted on 01/11/2021 1:51:29 PM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: SkyDancer

CB and HAM RADIO also


10 posted on 01/11/2021 1:53:29 PM PST by Paul46360 (What??ME worry?)
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To: SkyDancer

I ran a BBS up until 1995. It has crossed my mind to resurrect it at least a time or two.


13 posted on 01/11/2021 1:56:59 PM PST by Klemper (And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
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To: SkyDancer

Yahoo was good for those.

Damn that was some fun stuff.

I was bad sometimes however.......I would impersonate people that would make me nuts.

One was FordMachII.........I made his name FordMachll (using 2 lower case “Ls” instead of 2 capital I’s) and I’d post stuff that was outrageous as if it was him. Those were the days......😂🤣🤪


29 posted on 01/11/2021 2:17:02 PM PST by David Chase
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To: SkyDancer

bbs? i used to run one, on my land line. late 80’s


41 posted on 01/11/2021 2:38:13 PM PST by VAFreedom
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To: SkyDancer
I wonder if it’ll go back to that.

That and 300 baud modems.

46 posted on 01/11/2021 2:55:58 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (See Profile: I'm giving up.)
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To: SkyDancer

Seems like IRC (Internet Relay Chat) may make a comeback. It was used quite heavily prior to the explosion of social media and it is still quite popular in certain places.


49 posted on 01/11/2021 3:01:10 PM PST by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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67 posted on 01/11/2021 3:58:55 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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