Haha. I did that too. I used to download porn pics from the internet since I could use my dad’s university account, then upload them to the BBS, get a huge ratio, then download all the games I wanted. Then I had games AND porn.
Oh yeah, those phone bills. I would find BBSs in the local computer magazine, thinking they were local. But for some reason, my area code was big enough that part of it was long distance. I can’t imagine doing it today, but it sure seemed worth it to spend forever at 1200 baud, downloading a black and white topless picture of Morgan Fairchild.
Now that I think about it I could have probably just bought a couple games instead of giving the phone company $200 a month at times. But games were often diaappointments. Certain games like Ultima I would buy but others I would try first lol.
I was there for the bootleg software but yeah. I ran up big phone bills because we lived in a rural area and everywhere was long distance.
Haha. I did that too. I used to download porn pics from the internet since I could use my dad’s university account, then upload them to the BBS, get a huge ratio, then download all the games I wanted. Then I had games AND porn.
Oh yeah, those phone bills. I would find BBSs in the local computer magazine, thinking they were local. But for some reason, my area code was big enough that part of it was long distance. I can’t imagine doing it today, but it sure seemed worth it to spend forever at 1200 baud, downloading a black and white topless picture of Morgan Fairchild.
Now that I think about it I could have probably just bought a couple games instead of giving the phone company $200 a month at times. But games were often diaappointments. Certain games like Ultima I would buy but others I would try first lol.