I miss BBSes.
My first real PC was an IBM PS/2 Model 30 with an external 2400 baud modem. had Telex installed, and thats how I got onto BBSes. I remember going to the grocery store or officemax and a short BBS list was posted. Would sign online and download the latest BBS list, large enough that it almost ate up my time allotment getting it.
But all i used BBSes for were downloading stuff, mostly games for DOS. Picked up a few viruses along the way, one being the OneHalf.
I also remember that if the file was over a meg, I never downloaded it. because 1meg and over files would take 40 minutes to download. most time allotments didnt allow for that. My favorite local BBS at the time, was Forest Park BBS. it had just about all the shareware that was out there, including some warez, but best of all the allotment times were much larger than others.
Then of course, dad went to the local walmart and wiped them out of all thier shareware floppies, as they were liquidating them to make room for the CDROM stuff. 40cents a piece for each game and disks. that was fun too. most required 386+ but alot ran on the 286. I was happy. This was in the later half of 95, going into 96. I was just a small kid then. At the time the PS/2 was only a few years old, but new enough to be used in certain ways. We didnt get a brand new computer until about 97, which was a P200 CTX for 800 bucks.
Even though the PS/2 I had and the current technology of the time being early pentium were only a few years apart, technologically they were lightyears apart. Kinda like the same way smartphones are now. a year or so difference is a milestone difference in computing power. Man.. good times, where have they gone.
My first real PC was an IBM PS/2 Model 30 with an external 2400 baud modem. had Telex installed, and thats how I got onto BBSes. I remember going to the grocery store or officemax and a short BBS list was posted. Would sign online and download the latest BBS list, large enough that it almost ate up my time allotment getting it.
But all i used BBSes for were downloading stuff, mostly games for DOS. Picked up a few viruses along the way, one being the OneHalf.
I also remember that if the file was over a meg, I never downloaded it. because 1meg and over files would take 40 minutes to download. most time allotments didnt allow for that. My favorite local BBS at the time, was Forest Park BBS. it had just about all the shareware that was out there, including some warez, but best of all the allotment times were much larger than others.
Then of course, dad went to the local walmart and wiped them out of all thier shareware floppies, as they were liquidating them to make room for the CDROM stuff. 40cents a piece for each game and disks. that was fun too. most required 386+ but alot ran on the 286. I was happy. This was in the later half of 95, going into 96. I was just a small kid then. At the time the PS/2 was only a few years old, but new enough to be used in certain ways. We didnt get a brand new computer until about 97, which was a P200 CTX for 800 bucks.
Even though the PS/2 I had and the current technology of the time being early pentium were only a few years apart, technologically they were lightyears apart. Kinda like the same way smartphones are now. a year or so difference is a milestone difference in computing power. Man.. good times, where have they gone.