• Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One)

    From August Abolins@2:460/58 to All on Sat Dec 19 18:58:10 2020


    https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2IiQ

    Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One)
    10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020

    Preamble :: Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) were what people went online with before the web. This multi-part documentary shows you what BBS's do, why they are still relevant and fun to use today.
    The documentary interviews some users and system operators, both young and old. Crazy as it may sound, BBS's are actually still around today and can be accessed via the net. What you might not know, is that BBS's are really fun, they're relevant: they hold information and provide mail systems that are away from the prying eyes of Facebook and Google. They're a very sociable place to be, with messaging and chat. They have art unlike any you've ever seen and they have some really cool games and mods.

    [Read more at the link]

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  • From Bob Roberts@1:218/840 to August Abolins on Sat Dec 19 15:31:01 2020
    Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One)
    10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020

    Very exiciting! I wonder who the interviews will be with.....

    Bob Roberts
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/6 to Bob Roberts on Sun Dec 20 01:52:24 2020
    On 12/19/2020 8:31 AM, between "Bob Roberts - August Abolins":
    Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One)
    10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020

    Very exiciting! I wonder who the interviews will be with.....

    The YT page lists many of the interviewees and sources for the documentary. It's right after the brief introduction, just before the Comments section. Just click on the SHOW MORE to read the rest of it.

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to August Abolins on Sat Dec 19 21:54:00 2020
    12-19-20 18:58 August Abolins wrote to All about Back to the BBS - The ret Howdy! August,

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    https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2IiQ

    Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One)
    10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020

    Preamble :: Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) were what people went online with before the web. This multi-part documentary shows you what BBS's
    do, why they are still relevant and fun to use today. The documentary interviews some users and system operators, both young and old. Crazy
    as it may sound, BBS's are actually still around today and can be
    accessed via the net. What you might not know, is that BBS's are really fun, they're relevant: they hold information and provide mail systems
    that are away from the prying eyes of Facebook and Google. They're a
    very sociable place to be, with messaging and chat. They have art
    unlike any you've ever seen and they have some really cool games and
    mods.

    [Read more at the link]

    I like being able to use a BBS to learn how these Computers do what they do
    and how to use them to get things done that interest Me.

    Also read messages about other things I'm interested in, such as Ham Radio,

    I can't recommend BBS's to anyone still going to Public Schools because some people write foul words in their messages.

    There is a lot of very good information in BBS Echo Conferences.
    I save many messages to refer to later.
    I edit some messages after I saved them, to make them G Rated.

    If I ran a BBS it would lose most of the Users because I would check messages written by my Users and Edit out any foul words before they left my BBS.

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Ed Vance on Sun Dec 20 08:08:00 2020
    Hello Ed!

    ** On Saturday 19.12.20 - 21:54, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

    I can't recommend BBS's to anyone still going to Public
    Schools because some people write foul words in their
    messages.

    I haven't come across that very much. However, places in
    newsgoups and even 8chan and 4chan were rife with it.

    From a technical standpoint, I liked the way 8chan operated.
    It looked easy to set up your own "board" and manage users.

    I just read that 8chan rebranded as 8kun, but it looks like
    the whole operation is nolonger found.


    There is a lot of very good information in BBS Echo
    Conferences. I save many messages to refer to later. I
    edit some messages after I saved them, to make them G
    Rated.

    Reediting them is a lot of work!


    If I ran a BBS it would lose most of the Users because I
    would check messages written by my Users and Edit out any
    foul words before they left my BBS.

    It would be easier just to twit them out. By censoring the
    messages you are still rather enabling the problem from your
    visitors.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ED VANCE on Sun Dec 20 11:37:00 2020
    If I ran a BBS it would lose most of the Users because I would check messages written by my Users and Edit out any foul words before they left my BBS.

    There used to be third-party software that worked with GT Power BBSes that could do that. Most BBS software today does not have that capability, that
    I am aware of.

    Mike


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  • From August Abolins@2:460/58 to All on Sun Dec 20 23:30:11 2020

    ..was a nice production!

    https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2IiQ

    I wonder how many other parts are to it?

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