MR> This is totally cool.  I haven't been on a BBS for years and probably decades.
MR> I used to actually run a bbs for six years.  I took it down 13 years
ago, maybe
MR> 15 years ago.

MR> I used to stay up late all night writing messages to people and of course
MR> watching people call my bbs.

MR> Interested in knowing if the people using this echo are also old school bbs
MR> users that miss the good ol' days of technology when not so many people had
MR> access to it.   It was like a true community back then.

I've been around since before Al Gore created the internet.  :)  A geek 
at heart, I remember dialing into Canada Remote Systems online to grab 
files and message packets.  Then, when the internet became available, 
you could start up a telnet session and plop yourself down into a unix 
shell and try (just TRY) to send messages using a vi editor.  Then PICO 
came along and it got a little smoother.  Remember lynx?  :)

Oh and the message bases were filled with people, all wanting to vent 
their opinions.  It almost became a chore trying to stay afloat in that 
sea of occasional outrage.  And if you became a moderator, you learned 
quickly to develop a thick skin.  We're talking weapons-grade armour here.
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