Cottonwood BBS alive on a C128

Cottonwood BBS

I happened across this site and BBS after a site visitor mentioned it in the Guest book. To see a BBS still in full operation with a Commodore 128 at its heart using 1581 disk drives to serve up files to users across America put a huge grin on my face.

I spent many hours as a young teenager dialling up many different BBS in search of files, other users and more knowledge. This was a time before internet, where the only way to spread code, demo's and programs was to host them on your own computer and allow access via good old modems. The BBS or Bulletin Board System was the hunting ground of the first hackers, crackers and phreakers. In an age where 2600 magazine was the underground and WarGames was 'our' movie.

I tip my hat to you guys and hope that your BBS never ends. You brought a little ray of sunshine to my day already.