• Happy BBS Day 2023!

    From Kevin Driscoll@VERT/CAVEBBS to All on Thu Feb 16 10:08:00 2023
    Hi everyone,

    Just checking in to say HAPPY BBS DAY 2023! Shouts to all the sysops
    who keep these nets up and running.

    Kevin


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  • From Lmorchard@VERT/DECAFBAD to Kevin Driscoll on Fri Feb 17 01:10:47 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Kevin Driscoll to All on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:08 am

    Just checking in to say HAPPY BBS DAY 2023! Shouts to all the sysops
    who keep these nets up and running.

    Happy BBS Day! Also, I'm about 1/2 way through reading your book, The Modem World. It's been great :)

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  • From Grease@VERT/DARKMATT to Kevin Driscoll on Thu Feb 16 16:47:00 2023
    On 02-16-23 10:08, Kevin Driscoll mumbled to All about Happy BBS Day 2023!.

    Hi everyone,

    Just checking in to say HAPPY BBS DAY 2023! Shouts to all the sysops
    who keep these nets up and running.

    Yay!


    Grease
    Supreme High Potentate
    Dark Matter BBS


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Lmorchard on Thu Feb 16 22:34:21 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Lmorchard to Kevin Driscoll on Fri Feb 17 2023 01:10 am

    Happy BBS Day! Also, I'm about 1/2 way through reading your book, The Modem World. It's been great :)

    why is it bbs day
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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to MRO on Fri Feb 17 08:10:59 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Lmorchard on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:34 pm

    Happy BBS Day! Also, I'm about 1/2 way through reading your book, The
    Modem World. It's been great :)

    why is it bbs day

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Lmorchard@VERT/DECAFBAD to MRO on Fri Feb 17 17:54:39 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Lmorchard on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:34 pm

    why is it bbs day

    Because some folks made a website and decided it was BBS Day?

    There's some stuff about it over here: https://bbsday.org/about/

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 17 19:23:29 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Fri Feb 17 2023 08:10 am


    why is it bbs day

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.


    yeah i know but why does it have to be a day.
    we have like 10 national days for every day of the year.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Lmorchard on Fri Feb 17 19:23:48 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Lmorchard to MRO on Fri Feb 17 2023 05:54 pm

    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Lmorchard on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:34 pm

    why is it bbs day

    Because some folks made a website and decided it was BBS Day?

    exactly

    There's some stuff about it over here: https://bbsday.org/about/

    no thanks.
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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to MRO on Fri Feb 17 20:27:58 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 17 2023 07:23 pm

    why is it bbs day

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy
    Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.


    yeah i know but why does it have to be a day.
    we have like 10 national days for every day of the year.

    Because it makes some people happy.

    DaiTengu

    ...BEWARE - Tagline Thief is in the area...

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  • From cr1mson@VERT/STEPPING to DaiTengu on Sat Feb 18 01:22:35 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Fri Feb 17 2023 08:10 am

    Hi DaiTengu!

    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Lmorchard on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:34 pm

    Happy BBS Day! Also, I'm about 1/2 way through reading your book, The
    Modem World. It's been great :)

    why is it bbs day

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.

    And, here we are 45 years later!

    -cr1mson

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to DaiTengu on Sat Feb 18 13:19:44 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Fri Feb 17 2023 08:27 pm

    yeah i know but why does it have to be a day.
    we have like 10 national days for every day of the year.

    Because it makes some people happy.

    DaiTengu

    i find that hard to believe. i can believe that people BELIEVE it's something cool to do that makes people happy. i think it is utterly useless.

    I think that what people are trying to do is have a type of Rememberance day
    or anniversary or gala day and they are too short sighted.

    People in bbsing usually don't do anything to promote bbsing in any way, but they don't like to believe that fact. saying 'hey it's bbs day' and clicking like on fb makes them feel good inside.

    incase someone is going to ask me what
    i am doing for bbsing, i spend over 20 years just in the telnet age to promote bbsing and other shit just about every day. I probably spent more money than anybody else on promotion and offering people free stuff, too. I'm pretty much retired now until we get some users.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to cr1mson on Sat Feb 18 13:20:28 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: cr1mson to DaiTengu on Sat Feb 18 2023 01:22 am

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.

    And, here we are 45 years later!

    wonk wonnnnnk
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  • From Hustler@VERT/CBLISS to Kevin Driscoll on Sun Feb 19 07:56:39 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Kevin Driscoll to All on Thu Feb 16 2023 10:08:00

    Just checking in to say HAPPY BBS DAY 2023! Shouts to all the sysops

    Who says it's BBS day?
    Regards,
    HusTler

    ...The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Hustler on Sun Feb 19 12:24:00 2023
    Hello Hustler!

    ** On Sunday 19.02.23 - 07:56, Hustler wrote to Kevin Driscoll:

    Just checking in to say HAPPY BBS DAY 2023! Shouts to all the sysops

    Who says it's BBS day?
    Regards,
    HusTler

    It's more like "On this day.. Feb 16, 45 years ago.. <this
    happened>"

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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Hustler on Sun Feb 19 15:02:00 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Hustler to Kevin Driscoll on Sun Feb 19 2023 07:56 am

    Who says it's BBS day?

    The Internet!

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nopants on Sun Feb 19 23:21:00 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Nopants to Hustler on Sun Feb 19 2023 03:02 pm

    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Hustler to Kevin Driscoll on Sun Feb 19 2023 07:56 am

    Who says it's BBS day?

    The Internet!

    wrong. i am the internet.
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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to MRO on Mon Feb 20 12:37:41 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Nopants on Sun Feb 19 2023 11:21 pm

    Who says it's BBS day?

    The Internet!

    wrong. i am the internet.

    Incorrect, I am the internet.

    <insert cat.gif here>

    DaiTengu

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to DaiTengu on Mon Feb 20 12:43:00 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 12:37 pm

    wrong. i am the internet.

    Incorrect, I am the internet.

    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/002/763/invalid.jpg

    Nightfox

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  • From Lmorchard@VERT/DECAFBAD to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 02:55:58 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Fri Feb 17 2023 08:10 am

    45 years ago yesterday (Feb 16, 1978), Ward Christensen and Randy Suess put CBBS online for the first time for the public to dial into.

    Well, that's a much better answer than mine! :)

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 08:34:12 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to MRO on Mon Feb 20 2023 12:37 pm

    wrong. i am the internet.

    Incorrect, I am the internet.

    No, -I'M- the Internet, and so is my wife!

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Phigan on Tue Feb 21 12:50:37 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Phigan to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 2023 08:34 am

    wrong. i am the internet.

    Incorrect, I am the internet.

    No, -I'M- the Internet, and so is my wife!


    A lack of cat pictures says otherwise.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Oldbieone@VERT/REALITY to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 12:14:43 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to Phigan on Tue Feb 21 2023 12:50 pm

    No cats, no interwebz. But the Internet was around before the interwebz, so I think we can let the lack of cats slide when discussing BBS
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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Oldbieone on Wed Feb 22 07:52:00 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Oldbieone to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 2023 12:14 pm

    No cats, no interwebz. But the Internet was around before the interwebz, so

    Who needs em when you got cool cats like Ward and Randy https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/su1zxk/happy_bbs_day/

    https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/

    no cats were harmed in the making of this post

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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to MRO on Wed Feb 22 09:10:00 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to Nopants on Sun Feb 19 2023 11:21 pm

    wrong. i am the internet.

    Unless it's an imgur gallery or other scary stuff.

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  • From BoomieMovie@VERT/WIREHEAD to MRO on Mon Feb 27 14:13:22 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 17 2023 19:23:29

    yeah i know but why does it have to be a day.
    we have like 10 national days for every day of the year.
    People like to celebrate things that are important to them I guess

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to BoomieMovie on Mon Feb 27 10:46:37 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: BoomieMovie to MRO on Mon Feb 27 2023 02:13 pm

    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: MRO to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 17 2023 19:23:29

    yeah i know but why does it have to be a day.
    we have like 10 national days for every day of the year.


    People like to celebrate things that are important to them I guess

    or pretend to. idle minds.
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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Oldbieone on Tue Feb 28 05:30:27 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: Oldbieone to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 21 2023 12:14 pm

    No cats, no interwebz. But the Internet was around before the interwebz, so think we can let the lack of cats slide when discussing BBS

    Good call. BBSes and Monty Python quotes :).

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  • From Neko@VERT/MIYANET to DaiTengu on Tue Mar 7 09:24:50 2023
    Re: Happy BBS Day 2023!
    By: DaiTengu to Phigan on Tue Feb 21 2023 12:50:37

    A lack of cat pictures says otherwise.

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