Subj : Exploring BBSes
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Mon Oct 21 2019 07:04:30

  Aug wrote --

> Today, Fidonet (and most of its echos) can be accessible via the newsgroup 
feature in most email programs. 

  I used to access them via Thunderbird (my e-mail program of choice) when
I was on Adelphia, starting in '01 when I began using broadband.
  When Comcast took over accessing newsgroups disappeared.
  I tried using other programs but had all sorts of problems.
  By then my reading was down to only a couple of groups, I had Fido access
locally, etc.
  I later learned about Doc's Place somewhere (I think the last local BBS
mod) when they shut down.  He also had a pc hospital I visited often.  (Now
unless something really goes bad, I can do first aid and minor operations on
my own.  One of his people opene
  I bounced around here and there with other boards but always came back to
Doc's since at the time I could download with Blue Wave.  Then Windows
updated and BW as incompatible.  Now I just access online and live, like the
olden days of BBS'.  :)

> Take a look at https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/

  Thanks.  I'll check that out when I have more time.

> BBSing is a special subculture and is kind of like a black art these days.  
> I fear much of the "youth" are likely to ignore it and pass it by.

  Kids today seem to want bright lights, whiz bang graphic's, videos, etc. 
Lots and lots of eye candy.  Oh there are a few that like the old way but
less every year.
  Joe
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