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Jake in the desert'An old photo of a very large BBS' posted in 2022, and a writeup about it. https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/01/26/swcbbs/
Brian Nicar@jake4480 On my ship, the Navy had shit like that. It was a hoot. I didn't work on the computers. Strictly the radars...
@wendigo whoa sick really! Amazing
Jigme Datse@jake4480 Man... that's an interesting "rack" they are using. It seems odd as to what the tech was that they'd manage it this way. Will go look at the link...
Captain ButtonI'd guess that those are are particleboard do-it-yourself shelves from a department store. With holes cut in the back panel for cables and ventilation. Or the back panels could be left off entirely, though then you'd have trouble keeping them from going all slanty.
@cptbutton @JigmeDatse oh wow good calls, all of this - and yeah, they are WILD 🤯😂
HowToPhil (Phillip R)@cptbutton @JigmeDatse @jake4480 A diagonal board or two across the back could stabilize the shelves for the most part and still leave lots of air flow and cable space
@cptbutton @jake4480 That's what it looks like to me.
@jake4480 The machines that had two modems were probably for dialing another BBS from within the BBS. A way of leveraging the "local zones" overlap to avoid long-distance charges
@howtophil oh woww that is SUCH a cool insight - I can totally see that!! Clever as hell. hahaha
@jake4480 The old make-it-work things are always interesting :)
Have you seen "BBS The Documentary"?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFqt3oBLhUS1_BtRsFVCfBcjBIVW7oi-i
BBS The Documentary
@howtophil oh wow no I haven't! I need to watch this. Thanks!
@jake4480 You're welcome :)
gloriouscow@jake4480 i thought the power panel(?) on the far wall was a porthole window at first. like what is all this doing on a ship??
@gloriouscow ha! Well like @wendigo told me - he was ON a Navy ship and they DID have shit like this! Wild hahaha
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