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Retro Communities

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The place to discuss "Retro Communities" like BBS, Fido-Net, Metrolink, Doors games and old forums/technology and even ANSI art.

“Retro Communities” is not just about old technologies, it’s also about the “feel” of those older communities. Text walls are allowed, asking questions is encouraged. Making a mistake is not a tragedy. You are welcome here!

BBS Corner

FidoNet Wiki

BBS Guide

Tradewars 2002

ANSI Art Wiki

BBS Documentary

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New to Lemmy, so i thought I'd jump all the way in. Been playing with some "old" BBSes and door games like tradewars to get some of that nostalgia feeling and wanted to share. If you were/are a sysop post it here so others can visit or ask questions like I will be to start the journey of reliving the early days of warez and digital communities.

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[–] Elw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Not a sysop but I’m frequently on Particles BBS with my old C64. I’m also a contributor to the BBS-like terminal client neonmodem, used for browsing Lemmy, and other social platforms, with a BBS like feel.

There’s definitely been a resurgence in “old” Internet tech. I’ve been on sdf.org for a while now and really got to enjoy the “small web” movement as it took off over the last couple of years. First through gopher and then through Gemini and most recently through Superhighway84, a distributed/decentralized Usenet-like application/protocol.