Comments on: Resurrecting The Thing: "How a BBS changed the art world and came back from the dead" http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Peter http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html#comment-1682067 Peter Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219148#comment-1682067 I ran a small local (Toronto) BBS in the 90s. I still have semi-regular dreams where I have an extra computer that I somehow haven't noticed, and that BBS has been quietly running all this time on it, and it's still getting people calling in and posting (just, not many). I ran a small local (Toronto) BBS in the 90s.

I still have semi-regular dreams where I have an extra computer that I somehow haven’t noticed, and that BBS has been quietly running all this time on it, and it’s still getting people calling in and posting (just, not many).

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html#comment-1681156 Paul Renault Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219148#comment-1681156 One BBS set-up I wish I had a photograph of was Tim Campbell's mashed-up computers which ran Pyroto Mountain 1A... One BBS set-up I wish I had a photograph of was Tim Campbell’s mashed-up computers which ran Pyroto Mountain 1A…

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html#comment-1680761 Ant Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219148#comment-1680761 BBSes ruled! BBSes ruled!

]]> By: -hms- http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html#comment-1680507 -hms- Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219148#comment-1680507 There's your "go ahead, feel old" headline of the day. Artists thinking an old internet bulletin board is vintage enough to be "returning to a simpler time" There’s your “go ahead, feel old” headline of the day. Artists thinking an old internet bulletin board is vintage enough to be “returning to a simpler time”

]]> By: SumAnon http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-thing-how.html#comment-1680393 SumAnon Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219148#comment-1680393 And here I was all excited for an article about the 1982 John Carpenter classic. And here I was all excited for an article about the 1982 John Carpenter classic.

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