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Memories. LOL Things were so simple way back then it seems.
Did anyone host a BBS? I found this article kind of funny about 'fixing' WIndows by C:\FORMAT C:. Some things don't change. LOL
Nice proofreading, Lazlow J.
I'm just a bit too young to have been part of the BBS scene, but I've certainly done plenty of Windows re-installs. I had a friend that would wipe his Windows 98SE drive every two weeks or so, whether or not there was any instability. I recently stumbled across an old backup of some screenshots and found one where I was apparently proud of the 31 day system uptime. Best part of the transition to NT based Windows was definitely the near complete elimination of BSoDs. Kinda blocked out the bad memories of random lockups and blue screens just being an expected part of daily computing life.
fdisk, format, reinstall
doo-dah, doo-dah
To be somewhat close to on-topic with self-hosting, the oldest service I have fond memories of running was a small Hotline server.
Hotline was pretty underground as I remember. Pre-cusor to P2P and a host of other platforms. At the time you're not quite as aware, but looking through the lens of history, it's fascinating where all of this technology originated.
Man, that takes me back. Several gaming groups I was part of had Hotline servers. The role they served for us was probably closer to a Discord server.
My first encounter with a computer was the Altair. then the Timex/Sinclair, then I think a couple in between, then TI 99-4a full setup, then one of just about each since then. It's been a wild and crazy ride. I can't keep up, the technology is moving at a lightening fast pace.