1 Aug
2022
1 Aug
'22
6:26 a.m.
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.
1 Aug
1 Aug
6:55 a.m.
“yellow pages”
Do you recall what this was called? I remember (vaguely) something called the "Yanoff
List" which was an attempt at a paper catalog of websites.
73 Eugene W2HX
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan de Laplante via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 9:26 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Cc: Ryan de Laplante <ryan(a)ryandelaplante.ca>
Subject: [cctalk] BBS memorabilia
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.
8 a.m.
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.
Just a heads up in case you aren't familiar, there is a project out there
where someone was pulling data from Prodigy cache directories (from
installed software that was used, on old computers.) They were working to
re-create Prodigy.
Would be cool if someone re-created the others as well.
- Ethan O'Toole
9:25 a.m.
On 8/1/22 9:00 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Just a heads up in case you aren't familiar, there
is a project out
there where someone was pulling data from Prodigy cache directories
(from installed software that was used, on old computers.) They were
working to re-create Prodigy.
I'm friends with the person that started that effort. He's continued to
make progress. I'll have to find out where he's publishing status.
I know that there's a Discord channel for it.
Would be cool if someone re-created the others as
well.
Agreed.
I've wanted to to emulate MCI Mail for questionable reasons.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
8:49 a.m.
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
6:58 p.m.
On Aug 1, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/1/22 06:26, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote:
Thank you Chuck. You’re right, I’ve never heard of Auntie. Thanks for letting me know
about it, but I’m mainly interested in the more mainstream ones. I had no idea how many
BBS software packages existed until looking at Jason Scott’s list:
http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ <http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/>
Unbelievable! The ones that I can remember being used locally were Remote Access, RBBS,
Renegade, Telegard, PCBoard, Maximus, Wildcat, Worldgroup, Illusion, MajorBBS, maybe
Mystic BBS. I did all of my BBSing in the 1990s using IBM PC / DOS / Windows / OS2 and
ran a Maximus BBS. I never used Commodore or Apple BBSes and wasn’t aware of any in my
local calling area. Actually I remember the librarian at school had a B&W Macintosh
and showed me an Apple BBS for schools (I think). If I remember correctly it was called
Global Village.
The terminal software I used to use was QuickLink Fax III, Procomm Plus 2.x for Windows,
TELIX then later Hyper Terminal. TELIX was my favourite because it was full screen.
SyncTerm is the modern day equivalent, but it’s not the same experience on massive wide
screen monitors. To get the proper experience I think you need to be using a 15” or
smaller curved CRT in a full screen DOS window.
Ryan
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
7:05 p.m.
The computer shoppers in the ‘80s and 90’s were full of BBS listings. Might look there.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 1, 2022, at 18:58, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Aug 1, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thank you Chuck. You’re right, I’ve never heard of Auntie. Thanks for letting me know
about it, but I’m mainly interested in the more mainstream ones. I had no idea how many
BBS software packages existed until looking at Jason Scott’s list:
http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ <http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/>
Unbelievable! The ones that I can remember being used locally were Remote Access, RBBS,
Renegade, Telegard, PCBoard, Maximus, Wildcat, Worldgroup, Illusion, MajorBBS, maybe
Mystic BBS. I did all of my BBSing in the 1990s using IBM PC / DOS / Windows / OS2 and
ran a Maximus BBS. I never used Commodore or Apple BBSes and wasn’t aware of any in my
local calling area. Actually I remember the librarian at school had a B&W Macintosh
and showed me an Apple BBS for schools (I think). If I remember correctly it was called
Global Village.
The terminal software I used to use was QuickLink Fax III, Procomm Plus 2.x for Windows,
TELIX then later Hyper Terminal. TELIX was my favourite because it was full screen.
SyncTerm is the modern day equivalent, but it’s not the same experience on massive wide
screen monitors. To get the proper experience I think you need to be using a 15” or
smaller curved CRT in a full screen DOS window.
Ryan
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
7:06 p.m.
In case you aren't aware of it, there was a bbs magazine. Just ran across this:
https://archive.org/details/bbsmagazine
Will
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
Marvin Minsky
7:19 p.m.
On 8/1/22 18:58, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote:
Thank you Chuck. You’re right, I’ve never heard of
Auntie. Thanks for letting me know about it, but I’m mainly interested in the more
mainstream ones.
Well, it depends, Auntie was the software for ATT-PAC as well as Walnut
Creek BBS. We used it at Sydex because we could tailor the operation
of various commands, as well as run it in multiuser mode on Win NT.
BBS for the 510 area code.
http://bbslist.textfiles.com/510/oldschool.html
Neither of the two BBS mentioned were small operations. If, on the
other hand, you were thinking about game-oriented BBS, then Auntie is
probably not it.
I went through a pile BBS software before I settle on Auntie.
--Chuck
12:15 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Aug 2022, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote:
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.
In 1995, there were two paperback books that purported to be "Internet
Yellow Pages". (New Riders and McGraw Hill)
No resemblance at all to the real TPC ("The Phone Company") Yellow Pages,
which were the primary business advertising medium.
Instead, the books were compilations of amateurish blurbs by the authors
about sites that they were excited about.
Yes, in the 1970s and 1980s, I had listings, and sometimes ads, for my
businesses in the Yellow Pages. In those days, people would believe that
a business didn't exist if it wasn't listed in the Yellow Pages. ("TPC"
was the revelation about The Phone Company in James Coburn's "The
President's Analyst")
1:29 p.m.
You might want to try contacting Ward Christensen. He is the creator of
the original CBBS in Chicago along with Randy Suess.
Ward's linked in is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wardchristensen.
On 8/1/2022 2:15 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 1 Aug 2022, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk
wrote:
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.
In 1995, there were two paperback books that purported to be "Internet
Yellow Pages". (New Riders and McGraw Hill)
No resemblance at all to the real TPC ("The Phone Company") Yellow
Pages, which were the primary business advertising medium.
Instead, the books were compilations of amateurish blurbs by the
authors about sites that they were excited about.
Yes, in the 1970s and 1980s, I had listings, and sometimes ads, for my
businesses in the Yellow Pages. In those days, people would believe
that a business didn't exist if it wasn't listed in the Yellow Pages.
("TPC" was the revelation about The Phone Company in James Coburn's
"The President's Analyst")
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