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I have fond memories of these days (lemmy.world)
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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

We ran a 2-node bbs out of our house.

For those too young to know what that means:

We had 2 computers networked to each other running the bulletin board - each with a separate dedicated phone line. Each line had call forwarding set up to the other, so users could dial either number, and if one of the nodes was available they could log in. And the real magic was that 2 users could actually live chat instead of just leaving messages. You haven't lived until you've played multiplayer TradeWars or LORD.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I was restricted from dial-up use at home until after 9PM. We did eventually get a 2nd line and, way later, a 1Mb ADSL connection.

    So we, as TAs in the computer lab, 'broke' a PC and put it in the wiring closet. It was actually just running Linux (the teacher new but looked the other way) so we could SSH in get on IRC and queue on FTP downloads (10Mb, so fast!) of pirated music/movies to later burn/sell on CDs. The computer lab sold blanks for $1/ea, but we figured out really quick that a spool of 100 was about $40 at Circuit City.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You haven't lived until you've played multiplayer TradeWars or LORD.

    Funny enough with how ridiculously busy everybody is anymore, I've been really interested in researching asynchronous multiplayer game concepts.

    Like stuff that's engaging enough to leave you thinking about it between turns, but doesn't require your constant attention. Stuff to play at work, basically. Lol

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