{"id":1769,"date":"2012-10-18T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T00:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2012-10-18T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T00:37:07","slug":"pirating-software-old-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=1769","title":{"rendered":"Pirating Software, Old School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Koala_Country_BBS_Login_Screen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1770\" title=\"Koala Country BBS Login Screen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Koala_Country_BBS_Login_Screen-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Koala_Country_BBS_Login_Screen-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Koala_Country_BBS_Login_Screen.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Back before BitTorrent or LimeWire or Kazaa or Napster or FTP or before the Internet for that matter, existed the Bulletin Board System (BBS). \u00a0If you wanted porn or pirated software this is where you would go. \u00a0The best BBS&#8217;s were private and you had to &#8220;know a guy&#8221; who &#8220;knows a guy&#8221; in order to get access.<\/p>\n<p>But if you could get access, OH BOY, the goodies you would find. \u00a0No crappy shareware like you would find on the public BBS&#8217;s, no, only genuine full copies of the newest games.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, with a 2400 bps modem and a single\u00a0phone line\u00a0shared between the whole family, there is only so much you could download. \u00a0Luckily, after about 9 PM, I was allowed to take over the phone line and then the downloading would commence.<\/p>\n<p>Ahhhh, good times. \u00a0I remember a game like Doom, sitting at around 5 MB would take over 5 hours to download. \u00a0Can you imagine that?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, times were good while they lasted, but by around 1995 most everyone was moving to the Internet. \u00a0I believe BBS&#8217;s peaked around 1996 and died off quickly after that. \u00a0I&#8217;m just glad I was around to see it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ComputerAbuser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back before BitTorrent or LimeWire or Kazaa or Napster or FTP or before the Internet for that matter, existed the Bulletin Board System (BBS).  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