Comments on: A Sysop, Forever

By: PJ

PJ — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:52:33 +0000

I was Don’s friend throughout grade school when he got me into BBSes. We had a short-lived BBS we called White Screen BBS (I’ll have to look through some dot matrix printed records for the exact dates).

He was also an adept hacker, often resulting universities asking him what he had done so they could prevent others from doing it in the future (and in exchange for charges not being pressed).

There’s no doubt that if he were around today he’d be a pioneer in some aspect of the computer industry.

By: Jean DeLapp Vaden

Jean DeLapp Vaden — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:35:02 +0000

R.I.P., bro!

By: Dabitch

Dabitch — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:24 +0000

ah shoot, now you made me cry. What a senseless death of such a beautiful promising young man, but I love that the family put his BBS on his gravestone. Thanks Dad, may you RIP too.

By: mroblivious1bmf

mroblivious1bmf — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:35:59 +0000

wow, this really hit me in the heart.

By: Mary Anne Prashina

Mary Anne Prashina — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:32:31 +0000

Two beautiful stories. Oh so real and at the same time remembrances of the past.
My best friend from college moved from Indiana to California after graduating in 1978. We lost track of each other, as 22 year olds will when starting new jobs and creating new lives.
Last year when doing yet another seemingly fruitless search on the internet for any sign of my long lost friend, I finally found a morsel. It turns out that Marc had been sysop of a BBS in the LA area. I was glad to see that my old buddy who waged war against IBM mainframes with me was involved in the new “world” opening up online. Too bad the age of the BBS is gone – otherwise I’d reach out to him.