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Good Nostalgia but with a Limited Audience - [12 Sep 2009]
"Commodork: Sordid Tales From a BBS Junkie" is a nostalgic piece about the days before everyone had Internet access and the only real reason to have a modem was to call your local computer bulletin board system (BBS). It's also an autobiographical look...
had Internet access and the only real reason to have a modem was to call your local computer...
www.amazon.com/review/R2CQB4YL4...
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Commo-awesome - [06 Jan 2009]
This book tells tales before the internet was infused with flash, hi-rez graphics and more. Dial-up is all we had back in the day and by gosh we liked it! 2400 baud for the win. I used to be a Prodigy DOS user, but still dialed into local BBSs the same...
Dial-up is all we had back in the day and by gosh we liked it! 2400 baud for the win. I used...
www.amazon.com/review/R2R7CSFICM...
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Very Disappointing - [22 Sep 2007]
I ordered this book thinking it would be a fond look back at the Commodore era, copy sessions, BBS hijinks, and good memories. Instead I got a memoir of a degenerate juvenile delinquent whose idea of a good time was phoning long-distance BBSs and downloading...
BBS hijinks, and good memories. Instead I got a memoir of a degenerate juvenile delinquent...
www.amazon.com/review/R39947C8BUZM...
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Read About "Old Skool" Nerd Antics - [01 Aug 2007]
I just got this book last weekend, and It is very good read and am about halfway through. Rob takes the reader through some of his experiences as a teen-aged comuter freak and software pirate starting in the 80s through to the 90s, which touches on BBSing...
Rob takes the reader through some of his experiences as a teen-aged comuter freak and software...
www.amazon.com/review/REFSL5JXKHSXN...
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