I ran my own, of course. Customized version of Color 64 on my Commodore 64, in Greenville, SC. A couple of my friends ran part-time boards (usually 8PM to 8AM), but I paid for a second phone line so I could run 24/7, and I had a second system for my personal use. A stack of 1571 disk drives, 1200 baud modem, and memory expansion. I lusted after a 10GB hard disk, but never had a hard disk until the Amiga days a few years later. I dabbled with a PC board, as well, running...I think it was Wildcat. But it wasn't as much fun to play with. So it was only up for a few weeks.
By the time I moved from South Carolina to Houston, I was an Amiga user, and so spent a lot of time writing and trading MODs with other Amiga nuts in the area. A year later ('93) I started spending time on the Internet, and never started another BBS--redirected the effort into my first website.
I ran my own, of course. Customized version of Color 64 on my Commodore 64, in Greenville, SC. A couple of my friends ran part-time boards (usually 8PM to 8AM), but I paid for a second phone line so I could run 24/7, and I had a second system for my personal use. A stack of 1571 disk drives, 1200 baud modem, and memory expansion. I lusted after a 10GB hard disk, but never had a hard disk until the Amiga days a few years later. I dabbled with a PC board, as well, running...I think it was Wildcat. But it wasn't as much fun to play with. So it was only up for a few weeks.
By the time I moved from South Carolina to Houston, I was an Amiga user, and so spent a lot of time writing and trading MODs with other Amiga nuts in the area. A year later ('93) I started spending time on the Internet, and never started another BBS--redirected the effort into my first website.