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before the internet, during the age of BBSes, what was your handle?

Posted by Jovian (aka Jovian) Jan 9 '09, 07:38

thats to say back in the day when you used a 1200 baud modem to dial into BBSes.

I went by Ender oddly enough

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Arrakis -- nm - AJRimmer Jan 9, 07:46
TaurusII. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 9, 07:45
Me never, my cousins were on a bunch in their local area. Mainly hosted and op'd by teenagers. -- nm - lileve Jan 9, 07:43
what the hell is a bbs? - JaxSean Jan 9, 07:42 8
- bulletin board system. you know the ones that people would direct dial into. -- nm - zork Jan 9, 07:45 1
  - yup. wiki link (link) - Jovian Jan 9, 07:46
- A BBS is like a non-internet-enabled version of AOL that doesn't blow goats. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 07:43 5
  - *shrug* I went from AOL chat rooms to HSX. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 9, 07:44 2
    - We could tell. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 9, 07:46 1
      - [invites Jim to a private chat] -- nm - JaxSean Jan 9, 07:56
  - can you give an example? -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 9, 07:44 1
    - The wiki loves you -- (link) - ty97 Jan 9, 07:46
Artaud in a Bottle...theater type refference, Znufrii might be the only one to get it, and even then -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 9, 07:41 2
- that's a bit obscure, even for me... -- nm - znufrii Jan 9, 07:45 1
  - *score!* Once had a band called Becket Would Yawn - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 9, 07:56
loopy lemon. -- nm - loosilu Jan 9, 07:41
sysop - oblique Jan 9, 07:39 2
- would that have been area code 312 at the time? - Jovian Jan 9, 07:41 1
  - 815. I was in college at NIU -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 07:41
I ... don't remember. It might have been "grayman" for a little while, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 07:39

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