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Dialing a BBS in 2016 #computers

🕝︎ - 2016-11-05

"In 2016, calling a BBS mostly means reliving glory days long past: 1990s technology as comfort food, nourishing the fragile soul with a slow drip of information at a rate that old-timers actually can comprehend."
- The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems

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