Redding California

Hey Jim!  Wow, I remember the Fatal Error BBS, assuming you mean the one in Redding.  I've also not heard of an Amiga for years and years... I've also not used IRC for probably 8+ years now.

Those that realy believe that Jesus in thier God should serve Him and do nothing that contradicts that.

What do you mean by "Jesus in their God"?

And what is the wink ( ) about?

Just curious.

I can remember several more!  Wildside, Das' Tube, Maestro, Ground Zero, BBS Enterprise and of course, my own BBS: The Firehouse BBS. Matter of fact, when Fatal Error went offline, I was the proud recepient of his file section.

Interesting fact: The software I ran recently upgraded to make it able to be ran under Telnet, meaning if I can somehow salvage the old BBS Files off of tape drive, I can actually put the BBS back online via the Internet (And yes, I still have regged copies of LORD, LORD2, LOD, Tradewars, etc.)

Oh, guess I better introduce myself.  I'm Ed Nowlin.  My "Claim to Fame" besides being the SysOp of the Firehouse is that I am the Chapter President/Commanding Officer of "Cascade Station", the Shasta County Chapter of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. - Recognized by the Guinness Book as the Largest Fan-Run Trek Club in the World.  STARFLEET is a Not-For-Profit (501(c)(7)) organization and I presently serve on the corporate board of directors for that organization.  E-mail me at vadm.ed@gmail.com if you would like more info.

ok, im lost. :?:

Well, which part?      BBS' (Bulletin Board System/Services)were the forerunners to the Internet.  Using a modem, you would call and login to a computer set up, usually with discussion forums, files and online games.  Some were connected together via networks, the most commonly remembered one would be FidoNET.  Fatal Error BBS was the first in Redding as I recall that allowed you to have a legit Internet E-mail address and offered UseNET Newsgroups.

A good article describing BBS' can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

Ed

I had to register with this forum for one reason... I remember all of those BBS's you mentioned.  Wow, that was some time ago.
I remember playing door games off and on (I never could find time to go back in every day to follow up).  When I lived in the dorms at Shasta, I got 4 or 5 other people into it as well.  Since I am the one who had the computer (286 Tandy 1000), my room became very popular!
When my wife and I moved to Long Beach in '95 or so, it was some people on Fatal Error who gave us a heads up as to where to look for apartments. I remember when Fatal Error first got Usenet and e-mail access to the internet.  That was my very first real e-mail address.  james or jalspach or something @fatal.com  It is probably still written inside the door of a locker at Office Depot where I worked at the time.
Before that, my Dad and I would keep in touch partly by logging into a small business bbs that had an 800 number.  We always had to make sure that our messages sounded business related instead of personal or else we got nasty messages from the sysop...
Anyway, thank you so much for the memories.  We have been back home in Redding for the past 3 years or so and it is great to see people still remember the "old" days!

James