[torontocbm] Re: BBS Stars 2
- From: "Charles McColm" <twccomprec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:24:26 -0500
Justin is listed as running 6 BBS's between 1989 and 1995 on this 705
area code site: http://bbslist.textfiles.com/705/oldschool.html. He
would have been very young (I'm guessing about 9 years old) if he ran
a BBS in 1989, but it's possible. RemoteAccess and Renegade were
pretty popular BBS software packages in the Barrie and surrounding
area.
Interestingly Remote Access only first came out in 1989, which means
that Justin would have been one of the first adopters or the list is
fudged. Renegade BBS software didn't come out until later. I called
most of the bulletin boards in the Barrie area from 1983 until about
1990 and I don't remember seeing the Bulletin board names that are
mentioned for Justin until around 1994 when I returned to the Barrie
area.
The Bulletin Boards from the list I clearly remember are:
The Leading Edge BBS
Terminal Velocity BBS
The Amiga Zone BBS
Dreamhouse
The Dark Side Of The Moon
DogStar (I think we use to get Fidonet mail from them)
I'm surprised that the BBS Documentary put so little emphasis on the
software, networking, and doors. It was all about the people.
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