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  • foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
    foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
    foone@digipres.club
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    Setting up age verification for my BBS

    It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

    wideeyedcurious@mstdn.socialW domi@donotsta.reD nine@chitter.xyzN peetz0r@hsnl.socialP michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM 34 Replies Last reply
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    • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

      Setting up age verification for my BBS

      It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

      wideeyedcurious@mstdn.socialW This user is from outside of this forum
      wideeyedcurious@mstdn.socialW This user is from outside of this forum
      wideeyedcurious@mstdn.social
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      #2

      @foone 😆

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      • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

        Setting up age verification for my BBS

        It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

        domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
        domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
        domi@donotsta.re
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        #3

        @foone@digipres.club i knew what a BBS was at the ripe age of 12... but you're not a cop now, are you?

        foone@digipres.clubF lordcaramac@discordian.socialL wtrmt@mastodon.socialW 3 Replies Last reply
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        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

          Setting up age verification for my BBS

          It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

          nine@chitter.xyzN This user is from outside of this forum
          nine@chitter.xyzN This user is from outside of this forum
          nine@chitter.xyz
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          #4

          @foone You know... even when I had dialup internet access I never once tried to connect to a bbs. huh.

          ...

          feel like i missed out you know?

          austin_dern@blimps.xyzA michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM elfi@social.pixie.townE 3 Replies Last reply
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          • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

            Setting up age verification for my BBS

            It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

            peetz0r@hsnl.socialP This user is from outside of this forum
            peetz0r@hsnl.socialP This user is from outside of this forum
            peetz0r@hsnl.social
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            #5

            @foone In wish I could see this as a challenge, but I am way above 18.

            If I manage to teach someone under 18 to connect, does that count?

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            • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

              Setting up age verification for my BBS

              It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

              michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
              michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
              michaelguntsche@fosstodon.org
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              #6

              @foone press alt-h for help

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              • nine@chitter.xyzN nine@chitter.xyz

                @foone You know... even when I had dialup internet access I never once tried to connect to a bbs. huh.

                ...

                feel like i missed out you know?

                austin_dern@blimps.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
                austin_dern@blimps.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
                austin_dern@blimps.xyz
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                #7

                @Nine @foone If it helps any, *way* more than you would think of the BBS stuff was kids figuring out how to do annoying and time-consuming tricks with the cursor-manipulation commands.

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                • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                  Setting up age verification for my BBS

                  It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

                  tekhedd@byteheaven.netT This user is from outside of this forum
                  tekhedd@byteheaven.netT This user is from outside of this forum
                  tekhedd@byteheaven.net
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                  #8

                  @foone "tekhedd" first appeared on a dial-up BBS running on a C64.

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                  • nine@chitter.xyzN nine@chitter.xyz

                    @foone You know... even when I had dialup internet access I never once tried to connect to a bbs. huh.

                    ...

                    feel like i missed out you know?

                    michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
                    michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
                    michaelguntsche@fosstodon.org
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                    @Nine @foone bbs predates the internet 🙂

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                    • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                      Setting up age verification for my BBS

                      It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

                      michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
                      michaelguntsche@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
                      michaelguntsche@fosstodon.org
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                      #10

                      @foone the memories, calling swedish telephone numbers in the evening to get the new future crew intro

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                      • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                        Setting up age verification for my BBS

                        It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

                        stormgren@obsidianmoon.comS This user is from outside of this forum
                        stormgren@obsidianmoon.comS This user is from outside of this forum
                        stormgren@obsidianmoon.com
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                        #11

                        @foone Press ESC twice to continue...

                        Also, if your're old enough for the BBS thing, you probably also need to schedule a colonoscopy.

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                        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                          Setting up age verification for my BBS

                          It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

                          kboyd@phpc.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
                          kboyd@phpc.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
                          kboyd@phpc.social
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                          @foone (I was 12 when I got in trouble for connecting to a BBS from a school computer... in the early 90s. In fairness to "kids these days", they get up to some pretty impressive stuff. But I don't think they'd care much about BBS tech - at least not until they need to.)

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                          • domi@donotsta.reD domi@donotsta.re

                            @foone@digipres.club i knew what a BBS was at the ripe age of 12... but you're not a cop now, are you?

                            foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
                            foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @domi I'm not, never have been, never will be.

                            But when were you 12? I'm gonna take a guess that it wasn't super recent.

                            I definitely new how to connect to a BBS when I was 12, but that's because I was 12 in 1996, when BBSes were still somewhat of a thing.

                            In 2026? Why would a kid waste their time knowing this?

                            domi@donotsta.reD xerz@soc.masfloss.netX fogti@chaos.socialF 3 Replies Last reply
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                            • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                              @domi I'm not, never have been, never will be.

                              But when were you 12? I'm gonna take a guess that it wasn't super recent.

                              I definitely new how to connect to a BBS when I was 12, but that's because I was 12 in 1996, when BBSes were still somewhat of a thing.

                              In 2026? Why would a kid waste their time knowing this?

                              domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @foone@digipres.club i'm '02, so 2014? i remember logging onto BBSes through HyperTerminal on win95 and a null modem cable connected to a linux box running some utility that proxied telnet to a serial port... it took me a couple more years before I figured out how to configure SLIP/PPP

                              (i was a Weird kid for that timeframe, i'm fully aware)

                              littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL foone@digipres.clubF doskel@masto.doskel.netD weirdtreething@donotsta.reW 4 Replies Last reply
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                              • domi@donotsta.reD domi@donotsta.re

                                @foone@digipres.club i'm '02, so 2014? i remember logging onto BBSes through HyperTerminal on win95 and a null modem cable connected to a linux box running some utility that proxied telnet to a serial port... it took me a couple more years before I figured out how to configure SLIP/PPP

                                (i was a Weird kid for that timeframe, i'm fully aware)

                                littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network
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                                @domi @foone you're so young

                                Sowwy

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                                • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                  Setting up age verification for my BBS

                                  It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

                                  alienghic@timeloop.cafeA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  alienghic@timeloop.cafe
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                                  @foone

                                  Yay I don't have to mail you a copy of my resume on a cassette.

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                                  • littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network

                                    @domi @foone you're so young

                                    Sowwy

                                    domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network @foone@digipres.club like, sure, fuck me for this. i know, i suck

                                    it's not like i picked this ,__,

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                                    • domi@donotsta.reD domi@donotsta.re

                                      @littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network @foone@digipres.club like, sure, fuck me for this. i know, i suck

                                      it's not like i picked this ,__,

                                      littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network
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                                      @domi @foone you don't suck o.o

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                                      • littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network

                                        @domi @foone you don't suck o.o

                                        littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        #19

                                        @domi @foone

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                                        • littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network

                                          @domi @foone

                                          littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.networkL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network
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                                          @domi @foone sorry 😞

                                          goes hide in a cave

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