BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Looking for screensho
De:       Gamgee
Data:     Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:27:00 -0600
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-=> DaiTengu wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Da>   Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
 Da>   By: Gamgee to DaiTengu on Wed Feb 25 2026 03:04 pm

 Da>> I can't remember what companies ran what, though.

 Ga> I recall that the US Robotics (modems) BBS ran PCBoard.  ;-)

 Da>  The one I never called, because I couldn't afford a USR modem :)

I couldn't either, really, but somehow managed it.  I got a Courier 
through something they called the "sysop program" back then, had to 
prove you operated a board, and they gave you like half-off the price.  
Came with a brass tag on the case that said something, can't recall what 
though.  I still have it somewhere in the back of a closet.  :-)

 Da>  But, finally, after 30-some years, I have a USR modem!  Who's laughing
 Da> now, US-Robotics?

 Da> (It's them, they sold to 3com in 1997 for $6.6 billion, the second
 Da> largest tech merger ever at the time.  That's $13.5 billion in today's
 Da> money)

Wow, didn't realize that!


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