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Re: BBS's, Remember them?

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On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 3:54:47 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 2/3/2020 3:54 PM, clay.za...@gmail.com wrote: 
> > Stu died in 2012. A lot of us 'old' guys remember him and the rest of PitNET (129). 
> > 
> > I actually have been archiving a lot of the old BBS stuuf the past few weeks for some odd reason. 
> > 
> > Feeling old myself I guess and want to see the stuff from my younger days. 
> > 
> > Pit Row, Pit Row BBS, The 600 M.P.H. BBS (aka Duct Tape), THE 600 M.P.H. BBS (AKA DUCTTAPE) 
> > (1982-1999) 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 3:44:59 PM UTC-5, joseph.al...@gmail.com wrote: 
> >> On Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 12:08:11 PM UTC-4, Stu Turk wrote: 
> >>> jrl007<jrl007*NOSPAM*@attbi.com> wrote in message 
> >>> news:MBbx8.4154$vX.2195@rwcrnsc53... 
> >>> 
> >>>> Any left in the area? 
> >>> 
> >>> There are three FidoNet BBS' still operating: 
> >>> BBS Name Phone No. Sysop 
> >>> Up In James' Attic 412-431-2891 James Walton 
> >>> Politically Incorrect 412-766-0743 Bob Westerman 
> >>> SoundingBoard 412-621-4604 Stu Turk 
> >>> 
> >>> Other FidoNet boards in the Pittsburgh area have either shut down 
> >>> or are not answering lately. I will be shutting SoundingBoard down 
> >>> soon due to lack of callers. Also, we are disconnected from the main 
> >>> FidoNet backbone since the board acting as our local Hub (Wayfarer's 
> >>> Inn) shut down last year. 
> >> 
> >> I know this thread is totally old, but I was taking a trip down memory lane and came across the name of Stu Turk this morning. I'm sure he doesn't remember me as I was just a kid with a PC at the time - but he was a great mentor to me with BBSs and Fidonet. Anyone know an e-mail address for him? I just wanted to say thanks to him some 25 years later. 
> >> 
> >> Regards, 
> >> 
> >> Joe. 
> >
> Are any of the local BBS's online still? Haven't signed into one in 
> years, but I still have a 56k modem.


Not sure about local dial up but check this out for online BBS using Telnet.

https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/

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Re: BBS's, Remember them? clay.zahrobsky@gmail.com - 2020-02-03 12:54 -0800
  Re: BBS's, Remember them? Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-03-02 15:54 -0500
    Re: BBS's, Remember them? Clay <clay.zahrobsky@gmail.com> - 2021-03-03 04:20 -0800
      Re: BBS's, Remember them? Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-03-04 20:09 -0500

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