On 8/1/22 06:26, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote:
Over the years I have been collecting BBS related
memorabilia such as Night Owl shareware CDs, Boardwatch magazine, BBS magazine, books,
manuals, original disks, etc. Does anyone have any BBS memorabilia they might be willing
to sell to me? I’m particularly interested in PCBoard box/disks/manuals. I know the
software can be downloaded from the Internet.. I’m interested in the original box set.
I’m also interested in CRS Online pamphlets, receipts, catalogues, etc.
Has anyone ever seen promotional videos showing Prodigy, Compuserv, Delphi, GENie, AOL?
I've collected disks, but the systems are long gone so archived video is all we have
to remember them by. When I was young, I remember seeing disks and pamphlets for these
services in the box when upgrading modems. They had serious brand recognition. By the time
the Internet was becoming available to the public, I remember being more interested in
getting a Compuserv account lol. After getting our first Internet account in 1994, I was
confused because I didn’t know where the “file areas”, “message areas” and “chat” were
after being so used to BBS menus. Eventually I learned about FTP, USENET, and IRC. We
even had a “yellow pages” paper book where you could look up topic specific FTP, USENET,
and Gopher sites.
I have a couple of the more obscure BBS packages, such as Auntie--are
you interested in the disks for those?
--Chuck