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Originally Posted by cashflyer View Post
I built a new PC clone, stepped up to a 14.4 modem and started hosting a local BBS.........
In a year or two, there were about 4or 5 BBSes running around the county, now on 56k modems. Still a small community of people, and we all knew each other..........
Apparently I am still hooked on BBSs... I'm here almost every day.


* I think we were still calling it "the world wide web" back then. CRS.


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I remember BBS's. We visited several. I remember Telneting to other BBS's around the country.
Metropolis Entertainment: About Us Masterpiece is the one I was on most frequently.

I remember an early network system called "Gremlink" which you could dial, and then dial another number. It would port you to the new number. Dial enough numbers, and you could be ported anywhere in the country, without having long distance charges. Gremlink may have had something to do with Telnet, but I'm not sure.
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