BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Looking for screenshots/a
De:       Nightfox
Data:     Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:23:00 -0800
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 GT> I've been doing some research into what I'd call the "overlooked" side of
 GT> BBS aesthetics -- the corporate and vendor support boards that companies
 GT> ran in the late 80s and early 90s. Think Creative Labs, Novell, US
 GT> Robotics, Hayes, Compaq, Dell, Microsoft, and similar operations. The
 GT> boards where you'd dial in to grab a Sound Blaster driver or post a
 GT> question about your NetWare configuration.

 GT> What I'm trying to track down is whether anyone has preserved screenshots
 GT> or captures of what those menus actually looked like. Most of them were
 GT> running TBBS, Wildcat! or PCBoard, and my assumption is that they used
 GT> fairly minimal ANSI -- colored text menus, maybe a simple company name
 GT> header, but nothing like the art scene boards? Functional and to the
 GT> point?

I didn't get any screen captures of corporate BBSes; I only remember ever calling one corporate BBS, and it was in a different state, so there were long-distance phone charges involved.  I remember it was like your assumption, it didn't look fancy, but I believe I got what I needed from their BBS (either an updated version of a driver/program or some information).

Nightfox
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