How many people here were involved in the old days of modem trading using dial up modems (HST/V32 anyone?) and BBS systems?
Apple IIe FTW...Â
Never got into trading per se, but I definitely remember how "forums"/usenet were pre-internet (edit: and how IRC meant you only chatted with as many people as the board had lines), not to mention the blazing fast 9600pbs speeds of the ultimate new modems at the time, and certainly can't forget the busy signals and auto-redialers of the times tooÂ
Awesome! I never had an Apple myself but a mate of mine did (back when I was a kid living in good old Burlington, On). The best versions of Choplifter and Lode Runner ever!
Commodore 64 and a 2400 baud modem. Those were the days. My friend had some kind of back door into some phone company and we downloaded loads of games and apps from Germany everyday. 5 1/4 floppies FTW. LOL.
I was known as X-Ray back then. We had so much stuff, it wasn't even funny. With all the stuff we had for C64, it would all fit on one DVD now. Ain't that crazy?
We had the various fast loader carts to snap shot games, special hardware in the 1541 disk drives to copy the V-Max protected games. We had it going on.
Of course now, much of the stuff is available on many sites and emulated on everything from the PC to the DS.Â
Ahh, memories.....
Nice, at the time I wanted the external version too but as you mentioned the cost was much steeper plus my computer at the time didn't have the 16550 uarts to be able to keep up with it.  My current modem however is an External Courier v.everything. Not that I use it much any more, only when my DSL is down and I need a backup to get into work.
I think I've spotted 5 or 6 hardware terms that I have never heard before in my life. Although, apparently my life has been much shorter than some of yours.
In Dallas, TX, I had a BBS called Maximum Meltdown.
I spent all my time tweaking that BBS.
It started at 2400bps, and it was actually pretty popular. In fact, someone actually donated a 28.8 modem because they were tired of it being 2400bps well past 14.4.
I think I even still have it on my old 486sx/33mhz.
I remember BBS on my C64, didn't understand it though I was only about 5 I think.How many people here were involved in the old days of modem trading using dial up modems (HST/V32 anyone?) and BBS systems?
I wasn't involved myself, but a lot of my friends had Amiga/Atari ST's, andused to trade games on disks.
The intro's, chiptunes etc were fantastic, wish there was more of that in the DS scene. Anyone remember the Pompey Pirates?
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How many people here were involved in the old days of modem trading using dial up modems (HST/V32 anyone?) and BBS systems?
How many people here were involved in the old days of modem trading using dial up modems (HST/V32 anyone?) and BBS systems?
+1
I used to sell copies of tetris and doom on floppies to ppl at school
tetris on 5 1/4 floppy for 3 bucks FTW!