On 8/1/22 06:26, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote: > Over the years I have been collecting BBS related memorabilia such as Night > Owl shareware CDs, Boardwatch magazine, BBS magazine, books, manuals, > original disks, etc. Does anyone have any BBS memorabilia they might be > willing to sell to me? I’m particularly interested in PCBoard > box/disks/manuals. I know the software can be downloaded from the Internet.. > I’m interested in the original box set. I’m also interested in CRS Online > pamphlets, receipts, catalogues, etc. > > Has anyone ever seen promotional videos showing Prodigy, Compuserv, Delphi, > GENie, AOL? I've collected disks, but the systems are long gone so archived > video is all we have to remember them by. When I was young, I remember > seeing disks and pamphlets for these services in the box when upgrading > modems. They had serious brand recognition. By the time the Internet was > becoming available to the public, I remember being more interested in getting > a Compuserv account lol. After getting our first Internet account in 1994, I > was confused because I didn’t know where the “file areas”, “message areas” > and “chat” were after being so used to BBS menus. Eventually I learned about > FTP, USENET, and IRC. We even had a “yellow pages” paper book where you > could look up topic specific FTP, USENET, and Gopher sites. > I have a couple of the more obscure BBS packages, such as Auntie--are you interested in the disks for those?
--Chuck
