Comments on: What Is BBS? http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jas http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789/comment-page-1#comment-141824 jas Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:37:15 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1789#comment-141824 "When people ask me “What happened to BBSes?” I usually just reply with, “The Internet.” FTP is better than X-Modem. IRC is better than chatting with one person. Forums are better than BBS Message Boards. When I say “better” I am speaking from a technical perspective. The limitation of one person per phone line was a killer. Just imagine, King Jables, not being able to read this great blog because someone else was reading it. Imagine setting your browser to “redial” the website and not being able to do anything else with your computer while you were doing that! BBSes were super duper great because of the people involved. The Internet is good too, but definitely different." the bbses are still around, that's what happened to them. and i'm not so sure forums are better than bbs msg nets :D anyways http://telnetbbsguide.com http://bbslist.bbses.info “When people ask me “What happened to BBSes?” I usually just reply with, “The Internet.” FTP is better than X-Modem. IRC is better than chatting with one person. Forums are better than BBS Message Boards. When I say “better” I am speaking from a technical perspective. The limitation of one person per phone line was a killer. Just imagine, King Jables, not being able to read this great blog because someone else was reading it. Imagine setting your browser to “redial” the website and not being able to do anything else with your computer while you were doing that!

BBSes were super duper great because of the people involved. The Internet is good too, but definitely different.”

the bbses are still around, that’s what happened to them.
and i’m not so sure forums are better than bbs msg nets :D

anyways

http://telnetbbsguide.com
http://bbslist.bbses.info

]]> By: jas http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789/comment-page-1#comment-9352 jas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:00:23 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1789#comment-9352 now that i have some time i'd also like to comment on the fact that many people feel that the internet killed bbses. i dont feel this is so. operators of bbses rejected the internet instead of embracing it. they sneered at it like some step brother who got better grades and did better in sports. there are a lot of crappy forums out there. there are a lot of crappy websites put up by everyone and their grandmother. are these better than bbses? no. infact, back in the day [and today] bbses were linked together [if they so choose] by FTN. wasnt that hard and it allowed people to play games against eachother and post msgs to people all across the world. also i feel that the mentality of people really changed. you had to sort of warm up to bbses a bit, then you were hooked and really got into it. nowadays most people have a 1/2 second attention span and they are very viceral when on the internet. they want to take what they want and leave. they dont want to say anything to the other people on the site, they get their gratification and dont contribute normally. for quite some time now, maybe too little too late, bbses have been connected to the internet and they have some amazing technologies pushing them into today' s age. hell, my bbs' msg groups are connected to vbulletin. i can connect them to usenet or other bbs msg networks in a matter of minutes, just by editing 1 small text file. i can telnet or rlogin , use the web interface or visit it with a flash telnet applet [http://www.flashterm.com]. if you people want to check out some of today's bbses there are some on http://telnetbbsguide.com there's a few good ones out there to find with some real cool people and rare files. now that i have some time i’d also like to comment on the fact that many people feel that the internet killed bbses.

i dont feel this is so. operators of bbses rejected the internet instead of embracing it. they sneered at it like some step brother who got better grades and did better in sports.

there are a lot of crappy forums out there. there are a lot of crappy websites put up by everyone and their grandmother. are these better than bbses? no. infact, back in the day [and today] bbses were linked together [if they so choose] by FTN. wasnt that hard and it allowed people to play games against eachother and post msgs to people all across the world.

also i feel that the mentality of people really changed. you had to sort of warm up to bbses a bit, then you were hooked and really got into it.

nowadays most people have a 1/2 second attention span and they are very viceral when on the internet. they want to take what they want and leave. they dont want to say anything to the other people on the site, they get their gratification and dont contribute normally.

for quite some time now, maybe too little too late, bbses have been connected to the internet and they have some amazing technologies pushing them into today’ s age.

hell, my bbs’ msg groups are connected to vbulletin. i can connect them to usenet or other bbs msg networks in a matter of minutes, just by editing 1 small text file.
i can telnet or rlogin , use the web interface or visit it with a flash telnet applet [http://www.flashterm.com].

if you people want to check out some of today’s bbses there are some on http://telnetbbsguide.com

there’s a few good ones out there to find with some real cool people and rare files.

]]> By: jas http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789/comment-page-1#comment-9348 jas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:40:48 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1789#comment-9348 what i do when explaining to people what a bbs is [without using 2+ pages of text] is tell them that it's a service like AOL, where people could share files and post messages and play games, and it was run on a person's private system. And i say they were great and you would have loved them. :D what i do when explaining to people what a bbs is [without using 2+ pages of text] is tell them that it’s a service like AOL, where people could share files and post messages and play games, and it was run on a person’s private system. And i say they were great and you would have loved them. :D

]]> By: Flack http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789/comment-page-1#comment-9277 Flack Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:32:05 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1789#comment-9277 Or, better yet -- hearing a voice coming out of the modem's speaker. "Hello? Hello?" Oops. When people ask me "What happened to BBSes?" I usually just reply with, "The Internet." FTP is better than X-Modem. IRC is better than chatting with one person. Forums are better than BBS Message Boards. When I say "better" I am speaking from a technical perspective. The limitation of one person per phone line was a killer. Just imagine, King Jables, not being able to read this great blog because someone else was reading it. Imagine setting your browser to "redial" the website and not being able to do anything else with your computer while you were doing that! BBSes were super duper great because of the people involved. The Internet is good too, but definitely different. Or, better yet — hearing a voice coming out of the modem’s speaker. “Hello? Hello?” Oops.

When people ask me “What happened to BBSes?” I usually just reply with, “The Internet.” FTP is better than X-Modem. IRC is better than chatting with one person. Forums are better than BBS Message Boards. When I say “better” I am speaking from a technical perspective. The limitation of one person per phone line was a killer. Just imagine, King Jables, not being able to read this great blog because someone else was reading it. Imagine setting your browser to “redial” the website and not being able to do anything else with your computer while you were doing that!

BBSes were super duper great because of the people involved. The Internet is good too, but definitely different.

]]> By: Shannon Harris http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1789/comment-page-1#comment-9276 Shannon Harris Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:14:56 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1789#comment-9276 I miss the days of manually entering the full ATA string into the modem , then the strange noises it would make while I waited for it dial, and then that awkward anticipation as you waited to see if your favorite BBS was going to answer or deliver that dreaded busy signal. I miss the days of manually entering the full ATA string into the modem , then the strange noises it would make while I waited for it dial, and then that awkward anticipation as you waited to see if your favorite BBS was going to answer or deliver that dreaded busy signal.

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