Posts Tagged “BBS”

Happy birthday Commodore 64

By Dave | January 6, 2012

30 years ago this week, Commodore 64 was announced at CES. CES is the Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show of its kind. My first computer was a TRS 80, but it was the C64 that changed my life. My friends loved coming over to play games like Tony Hawk’s Skate or Die!, but [...]

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A Free Ringtone For BBSers

By Dave | February 26, 2009

Back in the late 80′s I was pretty hooked to BBSing. Every night I either called bulletin board systems in the 416 area code, or I would switch on my own BBS for people to call through the night. There was a great segment on The Colbert Report last night. His “flashback” brought back some [...]