I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named Dialed Back. The August 2025 issue has a screen shot of $20 for Beers BBS and the Sept 2025 issue has several other BBS's mentioned that we are familar with here. Nicely formatted and available in print or digital form, USA based unlike most magazines now days that are mostly UK based. Nice to see the BBS scene getting some love.

I'm not affiliated in anyway, just thought it might be of interest here.

https://www.computesgazette.com

Lonewolf

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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to All on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:31 pm

I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing
called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named
Dialed Back. The August 2025 issue has a screen shot of $20 for
Beers BBS and the Sept 2025 issue has several other BBS's mentioned
that we are familar with here. Nicely formatted and available
in print or digital form, USA based unlike most magazines now days
that are mostly UK based. Nice to see the BBS scene getting some
love.

I'm not affiliated in anyway, just thought it might be of interest
here.

https://www.computesgazette.com

there's only one free version from july and i'm not going to pay for something like that.
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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: MRO to Lonewolf on Thu Sep 18 2025 02:45 pm

Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to All on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:31 pm

I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing
called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named
Dialed Back. The August 2025 issue has a screen shot of $20 for
Beers BBS and the Sept 2025 issue has several other BBS's mentioned
that we are familar with here. Nicely formatted and available
in print or digital form, USA based unlike most magazines now days
that are mostly UK based. Nice to see the BBS scene getting some
love.

I'm not affiliated in anyway, just thought it might be of interest
here.

https://www.computesgazette.com

there's only one free version from july and i'm not going to pay for something like that.

Yeah, it's $6.95, but have you been to the book store lately? That's cheap.

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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to MRO on Thu Sep 18 2025 11:19 pm

there's only one free version from july and i'm not going to pay for something like that.

Yeah, it's $6.95, but have you been to the book store lately? That's
cheap.

I can't read.
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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to All on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:31 pm

I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named Dialed Back. The August

So did you buy the Aug 2025 edition?

2025 issue has a screen shot of $20 for Beers BBS and the Sept 2025 issue has several other BBS's mentioned that we are familar with here. Nicely formatted and available in print or digital form, USA based unlike most magazines now days that are mostly UK based. Nice to see the BBS scene getting some love.

BBSes have several nostalia type websites.
Good to see our little hobby getting some recognition though.

... Docs? Why look at the Docs? Nurses are better.

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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to All on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:31 pm

I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named Dialed Back. The August 2025 issue has a screen shot of $20 for Beers BBS and the Sept 2025 issue has several other BBS's mentioned that we are familar with here. Nicely formatted and available in print or digital form, USA based unlike most magazines now days that are mostly UK based. Nice to see the BBS scene getting some love.

I'm not affiliated in anyway, just thought it might be of interest here.

https://www.computesgazette.com

Yes, very cool. I do wish Rob Sherman (the author of that article) would figure out the spelling of "Synchronet", "WWIV", recall correctly the common DCE rates (which were not all "baud rates") and other technical details that were relayed in the article, but still in all, very glad to have BBSes in the spotlight! I hope it keeps publishing for a long time and the issues aren't lost to time.
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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Denn to Lonewolf on Fri Sep 19 2025 10:28 am

Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to All on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:31 pm

I came across a new monthly magazine on Retro Computing called Compute!'s Gazette. It has a monthly column on BBSing named Dialed Back. The August

So did you buy the Aug 2025 edition?

Yes, I bought Aug 2025 and Sept 2025, both are good reads if you are into vintage computers.

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Re: New BBS Column in Magazine
By: Lonewolf to Denn on Sat Sep 20 2025 06:14 am

So did you buy the Aug 2025 edition?

Yes, I bought Aug 2025 and Sept 2025, both are good reads if you are into vintage computers.

I do think about the old retro days at times.
my 1st computer was a Commodore Vic-20, then later I bought a Tandy Color Computer 2.
Actually ran a BBS on a color computer 2 from 1986-1988.
I did visit the site and looked at the free issue.
I some times go look through some of the old CoCo2 Rainbow magazine issues, and I have every issue of the Rainbow Magazine for download on outwest.synchro.net website.
yep, I guess I am still into the old retro computers :).

... Basic programmers never die, they gosub and don't return

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... Docs? Why look at the Docs? Nurses are better.

I prefer the females, as they tend to be "gentler" in certain
examinations. :P

Daryl

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Denn wrote to Lonewolf <=-

I do think about the old retro days at times.
my 1st computer was a Commodore Vic-20, then later I bought a Tandy
Color Computer 2.

My first was a CoCo 2... My buddies had Vic20's and then C64's. :-)

Actually ran a BBS on a color computer 2 from 1986-1988.
I did visit the site and looked at the free issue.
I some times go look through some of the old CoCo2 Rainbow magazine issues, and I have every issue of the Rainbow Magazine for download on outwest.synchro.net website.
yep, I guess I am still into the old retro computers :).

I have looked at archives before - maybe on your site? Great memories!
I subbed to the magazine back in the day, when I added a FDD to my
CoCo 2. :-)

... Basic programmers never die, they gosub and don't return

LOL


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