wondrous Boardwatch BBS magazine "top 100" boards in the united states from 1994. this was based on a reader's choice vote-in.
the first two boards are (respectively) the homes of Apogee software and Epic MegaGames shareware publishers.
now just guess how many of the remaining 98 are porn boards!
credit: @fearfair on /r/bbs: https://i.redd.it/5pb1m577m9pd1.jpeg
#shareware #bbs #retroGaming
6 Comments
mjgardner@social.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
@vga256@dialup.cafe It’s a trick question. They all have porn downloads.
vga256@dialup.cafe · 1 pts · 1y
@mjgardner@social.sdf.org 😎
pixel@social.pixels.pizza · 1 pts · 1y
@vga256@dialup.cafe And not one running Telegard. ☹️
vga256@dialup.cafe · 1 pts · 1y
@pixel@social.pixels.pizza now that i look at it, it kinda makes sense. almost all of the boards are running TBBS or wildcat or something else that is built for multi-node. i bet the only reason these mega-boards got a lot of votes is because they had a ton of readers/users.
foone@digipres.club · 1 pts · 1y
@vga256@dialup.cafe I see at least one that is, and I know because I remember connecting to it.
vga256@dialup.cafe · 1 pts · 1y
@foone@digipres.club i'm fascinated that the Pleasure Dome shares the same name as an austrian hacker board which was famous as well https://demozoo.org/bbs/2949/