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Re: BBS's, Remember them?

From Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com>
Newsgroups pgh.opinion
Subject Re: BBS's, Remember them?
Date 2021-03-02 15:54 -0500
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On 2/3/2020 3:54 PM, clay.zahrobsky@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.

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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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