There are still elements to BBS days that the Internet lacks.  For 
example...

The Internet is so big that you basically are traversing it mostly alone 
  and interacting with others consistently (other than say IRC or MUD) 
is just not the same.  A BBS was more localized and as such was a 
"gathering" place of people.

The Internet is incredible because of it's global nature.  However, 
doing a get together with your friends in New Zealand isn't necessarily 
economically feasible.  BBS worlds were generally contained largely by 
zip codes.  Making meeting people in person much more of a reality.

The Internet has tons of online games, but they just don't have the same 
spirit of competition.  Nothing beats games you play against people you 
know and interact with daily and require strategies where you can only 
do one move or interaction per day because of limited resources.

The Internet is a great advance forward, but certainly it would be nice 
to have some of the more homey features of the BBS world.   I am 
suprised that Internet BBS communities never really have been able to be 
successful on some level.  BBS plus Blog(livejournal, myspace, eg) might 
make for interesting local community site...

-Derek

Devin Rankin wrote:
> Back in the old days, 1980 to 1996, I ran an old time dial in BBS called The 
> Unknown BBS.  The board ran on a number of different computers.  From an 
> Apple II to a 386.
> 
> Well, last week I came across a piece of software called Citadel.  It runs an 
> old time BBS, but one you can access on the internet.  And it has real 
> e-mail, so you are not limited to e-mail only to and from other members.
> 
> I installed in on a Fedora Core 3 computer and put it up on line just just for 
> the fun of it and to recall the old days.
> 
> Its at www.theunknownbbs.com
> 
> Anyone who wants to re-live those old pre-internet days, it welcome to stop by 
> and put up a few silly posts and have a good time.
> 
> Devin
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