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    From Toadster@46:1/116 to SwordofKas on Mon Oct 1 00:17:48 2018
    I am going on 28, so you could say that I am one of those new bloods. My

    Hey, I'm a new blood too; I'm 26. So you're not alone.

    It is great to see the BBS community still thriving and with pop
    culture's growing interest in retro things, I think that more people
    will gain interest in BBSs. I feel that it might need to be advertised a little more to gain more people my age as I don't think many people who grew up after BBSs know what they are.

    It is very heartwarming, isn't it? :) I'm not going to overly politicize
    this, but I think the massive upsurge in retail nostalgia can be attributed
    to the fact that, hey, we've fallen on hard times. And when that happens, you tend to look back on a simpler time. I really would like to see more people
    our age on here. I don't know about advertising, though, because the whole point of that is to try and sell you the latest and greatest technology. I think word of mouth would be the way to go here. But that's just my opinion. :)

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    * Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberiabbs.zapto.org | San Jose, CA (46:1/116)
  • From Mr. Robot@46:1/169 to Toadster on Tue Oct 30 09:30:15 2018
    Re: Hi
    By: Toadster to SwordofKas on Mon Oct 01 2018 12:17 am

    Hey, I'm a new blood too; I'm 26. So you're not alone.

    27 here. Our age group might be the youngest to remember original BBSs. One of my first computer memories is sitting next to my Mom while she looked for games to download for me from BBSs. I couldn't even read but I could tell by the colors and layout of the text when she was at the files. Seeing that was my cue to start a nonstop assault of "Found anything yet?"
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Basement Theory - Sciotoville, Ohio USA (46:1/169)
  • From niter3@46:1/108 to Mr. Robot on Tue Oct 30 13:18:06 2018

    27 here. Our age group might be the youngest to remember original BBSs. One of my first computer memories is sitting next to my Mom while she looked for games to download for me from BBSs. I couldn't even read but
    I could tell by the colors and layout of the text when she was at the files. Seeing that was my cue to start a nonstop assault of "Found anything yet?" --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Basement Theory - Sciotoville, Ohio USA (46:1/169)

    I thought I was young to get into BBS's. :) I got involved in the early/mid 90's as a teen.

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    * Origin: Clutch BBS * telnet://bbs.clutchbbs.com (46:1/108)
  • From Mr. Robot@46:1/169 to niter3 on Thu Nov 1 10:14:40 2018
    Re: Hi
    By: niter3 to Mr. Robot on Tue Oct 30 2018 01:18 pm

    I thought I was young to get into BBS's. :) I got involved in the early/mid 90's as a teen.

    I never used one back then, it was all just seeing my parents using them. I'd say it had to be 94 or 95 because I couldn't read well enough to understand anything. I could read by the time I started school in 96, but I only have memories of the Internet from then.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Basement Theory - Sciotoville, Ohio USA (46:1/169)