[TriLUG] More computer trivia...

[Roy Vestal]

Ahhh....good ol' FIDOnet

Carl Crider wrote:

>most of you have probably seen or heard of this project:
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>http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/
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>but for the "young" or the old, it's a good thing.
>there is a nice review from film-threat as well.
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>On 12/9/05, Ryan Wheaton <ryan.wheaton at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Quick web search turned this up... we should install it on one of the
>>trilug servers ;-)
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>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/lotgd
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>>-rtw
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>>Ryan Wheaton wrote:
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>>>Man, you must be pretty young then!  I think I was playing it when I was
>>>12!
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>>>I remember racing home from school everyday just to get on and play LORD
>>>asap.  those were the days.  that game ruled.  trade wars was pretty
>>>fun, but my character in LORD was much stronger.  Doesn't really seem
>>>like that was 14 years ago huh?
>>>
>>>I remember a couple years ago I stumbled across somewhere on the 'net
>>>that someone had a telnet only BBS that was set up JUST to play LORD.
>>>didn't get back into it though...  they need to come out with a new
>>>version of that game.  although i'm sure it wouldn't be quite the same.
>>>
>>>-rtw
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>>>David McDowell wrote:
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>>>>I'm feeling too young for this thread... that or not geeky enough.  :)
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>>>>On 12/9/05, Roy Vestal <rvestal at trilug.org> wrote:
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>>>>>That was it! I had LORD (Legend Of the Red Dragon) not Return ...  I
>>>>>knew that didn't sound right....Thanks Randy!
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>>>>>Randy Barlow wrote:
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>>>>>>Greg Brown wrote:
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>>>>>>>Yeah, I do. What was that game? Trade Wars? Also each BBS had a
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>>>>>>>certain community feel to it that is totally lost today.  I do miss
>>>>>>>that aspect.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Greg
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>>>>>>Did you guys ever play Exitilus or Lord?  Those games were
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>>fantastic...
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>>>>>>R
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>Carl Crider
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