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Yep, the RIP protocol (RIPTerm) was just catching on when the internet really broke out. Remember, 16 whole colors! EGA graphics right there on a BBS, LOL! Actually, just before BBSing really died out around here, my favorite board was a RIP BBS. It really did kick a fair amount of ass, even better than the internet in some ways. When you were at a RIP BBS, it was really like you were just running a program on your desktop because it was all very graphical and self-contained. It never really had a chance to take off, though.
DBridge, yep. I remember sometimes when I would be the first person on a BBS after midnight, I would have to wait while it did all its network stuff before I could finish logging in. It was cool because you knew it meant more messages.
Anyone remember SLMR? How about Blue Wave? Offline readers were the shit when networking got big because there were too many messages. Remember taglines (especially from SLMR)? You could download files of hilarious oneliners.
"This is a moebius tagline. Thie is a moebius tagline. This is moebius..."
"Wake up, it's time for your sleeping pills."
"On a clear disk you can see for miles."
"Reality.sys not found. (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)anic."
"# It takes 1.00000 +/- 0.000001 Vulcans to change a lightbulb."
"100,000 lemmings can't be wrong."
There were billions. Some MUCH funnier than those, but it has been many years and I can only remember a few off the top of my head.
SpaceAce
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