Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow
directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come
across?

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On 14 Jan 2021, Netsurge said the following...

Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

Byte Me ir variations there of.

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on 14 Jan 2021, Netsurge said...

Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

Someone mentioned Dark Side of the Moon earlier. I feel like there must of
been one of those in every area code at one point. :)

How about things with "exchange" in them? The more generic the better, e.g. "The Computer Exchange" "The Byte Exchange" "File Exchange".

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Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow
directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come
across?

The Programmer's Toolbox/Toolkit

(some place) Online


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on 14 Jan 2021, Dumas Walker said...

(some place) Online

Oh yes.

My first board was called Purgatory Online. I still like the name,
personally. :P

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Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

BBS names with the word "Realm" and "Slayer" in them were popular in my hood. Lots of death metal themes.

Oh, and remember a couple "tech" ones... I seem to remember an "EC Tech" being popular in the 909. "Eee-See" or "Eck-Teck" was a big topic of discussion in terms of pronunciation.

Sidebar -- I briefly had a BBS about 8 years ago called "Bob Loblaw's Bog" because, you know, Arrested Development, and it's a fun thing to say

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Someone mentioned Dark Side of the Moon earlier. I feel like there must
of been one of those in every area code at one point. :)

There were a few "The Other Side" BBSes in my region over the years, which is similar. There were also a handful of "Wasteland" BBS variations.

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Someone mentioned Dark Side of the Moon earlier. I feel like there must ofbeen one of those in every area code at one point. :)

How about things with "exchange" in them? The more generic the better, e.g. "The Computer Exchange" "The Byte Exchange" "File Exchange".

Lot's of "Exchanges" around Toronto as I grew up. Pancreatic Exchange would work as well.

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My first board was called Purgatory Online. I still like the name, personally. :P

Probably because we are all living in it with you.

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Sidebar -- I briefly had a BBS about 8 years ago called "Bob Loblaw's Bog"because, you know, Arrested Development, and it's a fun thing to say

I completely forgot about that in AD. Loblaws is a major grocery chain where I live. Growing up, they were franchises. The one my parents went to was called Bob's Loblaws.

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Someone mentioned Dark Side of the Moon earlier. I feel like there mu ofbeen one of those in every area code at one point. :)

How about things with "exchange" in them? The more generic the better e.g. "The Computer Exchange" "The Byte Exchange" "File Exchange".

Lot's of "Exchanges" around Toronto as I grew up. Pancreatic Exchange wouldwork as well.

Yeah I ran a Dark Side Of The Moon :D and there was a Brandyhill Exchange nearby as well.

Ones I liked from around my area were The Side Pocket, The Jester's Court and Midnight Madness

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Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

The Oasis - there was a "The Oasis BBS" in Johnson City, NY in the 90s, and now there's a The Oasis BBS via telnet.

It's also a common name for smoke shops - there's one in Johnson City NY & one in Albuquerque NM.

Furthermore, Albuquerque has a radio station called "The Oasis," so that shit as about as overplayed as the actual band "The Oasis." (Those breakfast at Tiffanys fuckers.)

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Yeah I ran a Dark Side Of The Moon :D and there was a Brandyhill Exchange nearby as well.

Ones I liked from around my area were The Side Pocket, The Jester's
Court and Midnight Madness

We had a few really popular underground systems. Gumby's Place, A touch of class, The Guild and of course, The Diskshop.

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on 14 Jan 2021, Netsurge said...

Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

Someone should be able to scrape sites like BBSMates and TelnetBBSGuide to do this from the available data. I'd be real curious.

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Someone should be able to scrape sites like BBSMates and TelnetBBSGuide
to dothis from the available data. I'd be real curious.

That sounds like work. I'm all about doing less.

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on 15 Jan 2021, Netsurge said...

That sounds like work. I'm all about doing less.

Exactly why I suggested *someone else* do it. Great minds, etc.

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Reluctantly, because jack phlash points out that I can't follow directions properly, what are the most common BBS names you have come across?

'Link' BBSes... the one in my city, Toledo Ohio, was Omni-Link - it was the first 8-node BBS in T-Town, and where I really found a huge group of BBS friends in middle and high school.

In my BBS times, I really hung out with more BBS kids than friends from my own High School - went to some 4 proms with BBS dates. :P Anyway, the '-Link' boards seemed many back then, too.......



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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: paulie420 to Netsurge on Fri Jan 15 2021 08:52 am

'Link' BBSes... the one in my city, Toledo Ohio, was Omni-Link - it was the first 8-node BBS in T-Town, and where I really found a huge group of BBS friends in middle and high school.

In my BBS times, I really hung out with more BBS kids than friends from my own High School - went to some 4 proms with BBS dates. :P Anyway, the '-Link' boards seemed many back then, too.......

Most of the people I knew and cared for were BBSers (or friends of BBSers) throughout highschool and college. My wife and I met on the MajorBBS system I worked for back in 1994. I posted a message on one of the boards, she responded out of the blue, next thing I discovered is that she lived 2.2 miles away (that's 3.5 kilometers for you metric people). We are still together to this day. (It is difficult to explain to people who started on computers during the Internet age what a BBS is/was.)

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Most of the people I knew and cared for were BBSers (or friends of BBSers)throughout highschool and college. My wife and I met on the MajorBBS system Iworked for back in 1994. I posted a message on one of the boards, sheresponded out of the blue, next thing I discovered is
that she lived 2.2 milesaway (that's 3.5 kilometers for you metric people). We are still together tothis day. (It is difficult to explain to people who started on computersduring the Internet age what a BBS is/was.)

+1 for the metric system.

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Dream Master to paulie420 on Fri Jan 15 2021 12:58 pm

Most of the people I knew and cared for were BBSers (or friends of BBSers) throughout highschool and college. My wife and I met on the MajorBBS system I worked for back in 1994. I posted a message on one of the boards, she responded out of the blue, next thing I discovered is that she lived 2.2 miles away (that's 3.5 kilometers for you metric people). We are still

Thats pretty cool. Also cool that a MajorBBS system had employees? There had to be a pretty small percentage of BBS systems that actually made enough cash to have employees.

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on 15 Jan 2021, Dream Master said...

Most of the people I knew and cared for were BBSers (or friends of
BBSers) throughout highschool and college. My wife and I met on the MajorBBS system I worked for back in 1994. I posted a message on one of the boards, she responded out of the blue, next thing I discovered is
that she lived 2.2 miles away (that's 3.5 kilometers for you metric people). We are still together to this day. (It is difficult to
explain to people who started on computers during the Internet age what
a BBS is/was.)

Awesome story!

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Netsurge to Dream Master on Fri Jan 15 2021 03:19 pm

+1 for the metric system.

I actually prefer it.

This whole Imperial thing blows.

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Bob Roberts to Dream Master on Fri Jan 15 2021 12:52 pm

Thats pretty cool. Also cool that a MajorBBS system had employees? There had to be a pretty small percentage of BBS systems that actually made enough cash to have employees.

Our teleconference groups (chat groups, similar to IRC) had upwards of 50 to 100 people in at any given time. Games would be filled. Hey, I was 16 through 19 making $20/hour working 40 to 60 hour weeks.

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: jack phlash to Dream Master on Fri Jan 15 2021 01:26 pm

Awesome story!

Thank you. I might not be married for much longer. Wife just asked me if I wanted to go to IKEA with her and the daughters via text. I responded, "I'd rather slit my throat, reach in, hold the artery, use my other hand to call 911, and while gagging on my own blood, explain to them why."

Marriage.

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Dream Master to Netsurge on Fri Jan 15 2021 03:03 pm

This whole Imperial thing blows.

Are you Rebel Alliance?

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Oh yes.

My first board was called Purgatory Online. I still like the name, personally. :P

That one is a little more original than mine. :)


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How about things with "exchange" in them? The more generic the better, e.g. "The Computer Exchange" "The Byte Exchange" "File Exchange".

Oh yeah I forgot about all those... I think there may have been two Data Exchanges in Louisville at the same time.


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Sidebar -- I briefly had a BBS about 8 years ago called "Bob Loblaw's Bog" beca
se, you know, Arrested Development, and it's a fun thing to say

An ex of mine was really into that show and got me onto it also. Our relationship lasted long enough to get through the whole of The IT Crowd
and at least two seasons of the post-2000 Dr Who, but I didn't last long
enough to make it through the whole AD series. :(


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Furthermore, Albuquerque has a radio station called "The Oasis," so that shit >as about as overplayed as the actual band "The Oasis." (Those breakfast at >Tiffanys fuckers.)

Breakfast at Tiffany's is not Oasis, it is Deep Blue Something (unless
Oasis covered it!).


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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Bob Roberts to Dream Master on Fri Jan 15 2021 03:55 pm

This whole Imperial thing blows.

Are you Rebel Alliance?

(groan)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's is not Oasis, it is Deep Blue Something (unless Oasis covered it!).

They covered it terribly!

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Breakfast at Tiffany's is not Oasis, it is Deep Blue Something (unless Oasis covered it!).

They covered it terribly!

OK, I won't go looking for it then. :)

By the way, I think someone is trying to push their way into your fecal territory. Thursday, I think, someone posted in the FIDO 10th Ammendment
echo claiming to be "the poo poo man."

You might want to get in their and make sure they don't steal your fecal thunder! :O LOL


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territory. Thursday, I think, someone posted in the FIDO 10th Ammendment echo claiming to be "the poo poo man."

Those bastards! I hope this shitty stuff doesn't smear my good reputation!

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Re: Re: Common BBS Names
By: Shitty to Dumas Walker on Sat Jan 16 2021 10:05 pm

territory. Thursday, I think, someone posted in the FIDO 10th Ammendment
echo claiming to be "the poo poo man."

Those bastards! I hope this shitty stuff doesn't smear my good reputation!

It could leave a real stain on your good name. You best raise a stink and clear the air.

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It could leave a real stain on your good name. You best raise a stink
and clear the air.

I will, but what's the 10th Amendment echo all about?

We might all be overlooking something hilariously clever about this "poopoo" fella.

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Thats pretty cool. Also cool that a MajorBBS system had employees?
There hadto be a pretty small percentage of BBS systems that actually
made enough cashto have employees.

Bob Roberts

I mean.. the for profit boards in my area, Toledo Ohio, did pretty good there for the better part of a decade. The ones that switched to ISPs at the end did even better.



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territory. Thursday, I think, someone posted in the FIDO 10th Ammendment
echo claiming to be "the poo poo man."

Those bastards! I hope this shitty stuff doesn't smear my good reputation!

LOL, so far you are safely unsmeared. :)


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I will, but what's the 10th Amendment echo all about?

It is supposed to be about the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution but,
aside from off-topic and test posts, has been dead for quite some time.

We might all be overlooking something hilariously clever about this "poopoo" fella.

Might be but I have not yet figured it out.


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Arnold Layne is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, that and See Emily Play.

MaxxDamage

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Arnold Layne is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, that and See Emily Play.

Me, too! Of course, there are a whole lot of their songs that you could
here me refer to as "one of my favorite" songs of theirs. They were just
that good. :)


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