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    From Alec Aaron Roberts to All on Mon Apr 17 21:04:31 2017
    One of the main reasons i like BBS's, is that it is a legitimate reason to use a modem. I like the whole idea of social networking, forums, and other fun banter done without the use of any internet connection. The fact we can have a conversation connecting computer to computer without the need of an inbetween server is very neat and also i think Modems are awesome devices. I've actually become somewhat of a collector of them, and have accumulated a few complete in the box, like the 2400 baud US robotics courior, a commodore 1200 baud, and an Atari XM-301. I also have a loose 56k courior (what i'm using right now), and a weird brown one for the commodore 64, the Westridge Communications Direct-Connect Modem (300 baud only!) I also have some generic PCI slot modems.
    There doesnt seem to be a whole lot of nostolgia on the internet for modems, because they are completely associated with dial up internet, which I dont even use. But perhaps people would appreciate them more if BBS's were popular again. ESCAPE THE INTERNET
  • From Djatropine to Alec Aaron Roberts on Sat Aug 17 07:59:32 2024
    Re: Modems
    By: Alec Aaron Roberts to All on Mon Apr 17 2017 09:04 pm

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    baud only!) I also have some generic PCI slot modems. There doesnt seem to be a whole lot of nostolgia on the internet for modems, because they are completely associated with dial up internet, which I dont even use. But perhaps people would appreciate them more if BBS's were popular again. ESCAPE THE INTERNET

    For me it's not nostalgia. For commerce i sincerely believe we should implement the FRENCH INternet! aka MINITEL since the user interface did not require WORK on the user end.

    ...War is never imperative. McCoy, Balance of Terror, stardate 1709.2
  • From Toadster to Alec Aaron Roberts on Wed Dec 25 08:27:53 2024
    Re: Modems
    By: Alec Aaron Roberts to All on Mon Apr 17 2017 09:04 pm

    use a modem. I like the whole idea of social networking, forums, and other fun banter done without the use of any internet connection. The
    It isn't really the modems for me, but I like the idea of a means of online communication that isn't all advertising. That's what the modern Internet is all about, just what they can sell you and how much they can charge for it. The irony is, the Internet was originally created to be a free and open exchange of information.

    In 2002, when HomestarRunner.com announced, purely as an April Fool's joke, that they would become a subscription site, people were flabbergasted. Now just about everything on the Internet is a subscription site

    So I kind of see the BBS community as a safe haven from all that mumbo-jumbo. I grant you that back in the day, some of them probably charged a fee, but I see a lot less of that today.
    baud only!) I also have some generic PCI slot modems. There doesnt seem to be a whole lot of nostolgia on the internet for modems, because they are completely associated with dial up internet, which I dont even use. But perhaps people would appreciate them more if BBS's were popular again.
    And as for the nostalgia factor... well, I was a little kid in the '90s and hardly remember this whole scene. But it's nice to know that there is still a place out there where people can express their thoughts in complete sentences.