![]() ![]() A few years later in the early 90’s I once again threw up a BBS called “The Kats Alley” though this time it was now running the latest Image 1.2a BBS for the Commodore along with harddrive’s for mass storage of games. That name did not last long before I changed it to “Final Connection BBS” which also had a short life. That night I did not sleep much as I had my own official C-Net BBS version 10 and spent the rest of that weekend plugging away modding it for my first BBS named “Last Link BBS”. So, we agreed on a price of only $10 and once he got his C-Net BBS version 11 up and running he drove across town one Saturday to my work, ordered his lunch then made the $10 transaction with me. So when I got my job I contacted Ed and explained how I was ready to be a SysOp just like him and to my surprise he told me how he just ordered the upgrade of the C-Net BBS software that the user group BBS was running on and for a low price he could sell and transfer the license of his current C-Net BBS version 10 software over to me. For a year plus, I was always asking Ed questions about the BBS he ran for the local Commodore user group, from running it to how the software worked. Now with the job down I needed software to run the BBS on but I did not want to use the typical Commodore Color 64 BBS software, instead I wanted the coveted C-Net BBS how ever C-Net was too pricey for my budget, that is till I got to talking with Ed the then President and SysOp of the local Albuquerque Commodore Users group BBS. That is not the only reason behind using or running a BBS today but a big part for many besides the nostalgia.įirst I will share a short history of my personal BBS experience:Īs a teenager in the 80’s my biggest goal was to get a job as soon as possible that way once I turned 15 I could pay for my own phone line in my bedroom then setup a BBS on the Commodore 64! With a bit of persistence on my 15th birthday I was hired at a local restaurant which up to that point I kept soliciting, they would tell me to try back once I turned 15. Well if you were online before the internet then your were into BBS’ing and with social media all over the place in this day and age the BBS appeal is more now than ever to have a place to share plus communicate with others while not having ad’s or peoples photos popping up all over your screen. I have been asked why I would want to run a BBS in today’s internet driven world.
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