The Village BBS

General Category => General => Topic started by: number six on June 23, 2017, 01:13:45 PM

Title: The Village circa 2000
Post by: number six on June 23, 2017, 01:13:45 PM: (https://content.screencast.com/users/JackTek/folders/Jing/media/2fa392a1-0c65-4352-b45f-43a78aeb3385/village.png)

This would have been us still running WWIV but on the 'net via Telnet versus a dial-up modem connection.
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: Marshall on June 23, 2017, 03:17:37 PM: Nice! The Wayback machine has first www evidence in February of 2004

https://web.archive.org/web/20040304103347/http://www.villagebbs.com:80/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi (https://web.archive.org/web/20040304103347/http://www.villagebbs.com:80/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi)
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: number six on June 23, 2017, 03:22:30 PM: Quote from: King Jelly on June 23, 2017, 03:17:37 PM
Nice! The Wayback machine has first www evidence in February of 2004

https://web.archive.org/web/20040304103347/http://www.villagebbs.com:80/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi (https://web.archive.org/web/20040304103347/http://www.villagebbs.com:80/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi)

Yeah we had a different domain at first which either predates the wayback machine or they never scanned it.
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: HammysHangout ( Hammy ) on June 23, 2017, 05:26:42 PM: We need to bring back "Whips and Chains and Girly Things"
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: number six on June 23, 2017, 06:01:14 PM: Quote from: Hamster on June 23, 2017, 05:26:42 PM
We need to bring back "Whips and Chains and Girly Things"

You going to moderate it?
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: HammysHangout ( Hammy ) on June 23, 2017, 08:51:01 PM: Quote from: number six on June 23, 2017, 06:01:14 PM
You going to moderate it?

it doesn't need moderation [REDACTED] :P ~~we don't moderate anything else.~~

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Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: SpineyNorman on June 23, 2017, 09:31:33 PM: Quote from: Hamster on June 23, 2017, 08:51:01 PM
it doesn't need moderation [REDACTED] :P ~~we don't moderate anything else.~~

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I'd moderate chat if someone would give me my ops back :-P
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: HammysHangout ( Hammy ) on June 23, 2017, 09:38:02 PM: Quote from: SpineyNorman on June 23, 2017, 09:31:33 PM

I'd moderate chat if someone would give me my ops back :-P

you have to be IN chat to keep your OP status slacky...
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: littlewest on August 11, 2017, 11:31:54 AM: Come a long way...
Title: Re: The Village circa 2000
Post by: PinPup on August 11, 2017, 01:51:46 PM: I liked the tab for BBS links. I know of Pinside but I wonder how many others are still around? I used to BBS a lot.