hello, what other old school bbs run on dial modem, leave number, not the one you find on telnet guide , any other hidden bbs dial up number to call

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Re: bbs
By: baa to All on Thu May 07 2026 08:42:22

hello, what other old school bbs run on dial modem, leave number, not the one you find on telnet guide , any other hidden bbs dial up number to call

What's wrong with the published #s? And if there are "hidden" #s, there's probably a reason for it.
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hello, what other old school bbs run on dial modem, leave number, not
the one you find on telnet guide , any other hidden bbs dial up number
to call

Hidden BBS numbers. Sounds like you need an old war dialer.

I do find the concept interesting though. Not that I have the vintage
modem and analog phone line. Haven't had a land line for at least 15 years
or so.

At any rate, I wish you luck and I hope someone here can help you out.

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hello, what other old school bbs run on dial modem, leave number, not the one you find on telnet guide , any other hidden bbs dial up number to call

I run a dial-up BBS but, as its number is listed in guides I won't bother you with it.



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Hidden BBS numbers. Sounds like you need an old war dialer.

I remember war dialers, but dialing random numbers and angering people who would physically pick up the phone was not
my cup of tea.
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Hidden BBS numbers. Sounds like you need an old war dialer.

I remember war dialers, but dialing random numbers and angering people
who would physically pick up the phone was not
my cup of tea.

Especially once Caller ID became wide spread. :)
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Re: Re: bbs
By: Geri Atricks to Utopian Galt on Sun May 10 2026 23:27:40

Especially once Caller ID became wide spread. :)

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Geri Atricks wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

Especially once Caller ID became wide spread. :)

It's amusing watching old films that predate Caller ID - I don't know
how kids today would respond to needing to answer the phone to see
who's calling? And, having the ability to call semi-anonymously before
caller ID and call blocking?



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Utopian Galt wrote to Nblade <=-

Hidden BBS numbers. Sounds like you need an old war dialer.

I remember war dialers, but dialing random numbers and angering people
who would physically pick up the phone was not my cup of tea.

I always felt sorry for the people that got my BBS telephone numbers
after I moved. I had 3 numbers over the course of 10+ years, and my
number was in the file_id.diz of every file downloaded from my BBS.



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It's amusing watching old films
that predate Caller ID - I don't
know
how kids today would respond to
needing to answer the phone to see
who's calling? And, having the
ability to call semi-anonymously
before
caller ID and call blocking?

I remember when I guess caller id was new and they had that little box you could put by the phone that said who was calling. We never really used it though. As long as I remember on our land line was always an answering machine to screen the calls.

At one point I changed it to George's from Seinfeld (which seemed to piss people off haha)

"Believe it or not, George isn't at home..."

I have a VoIP landline now but I only use it for outgoing calls. Too many scam calls these days to bother picking up blindly.


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slacker wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I have a VoIP landline now but I only use it for outgoing calls. Too
many scam calls these days to bother picking up blindly.

A local realtor has my number listed on some of their old documents that
got scraped by Google. We usually get 2-3 calls a week asking for them.

I called them, explained the situation, and offered to send them the
links that they'd want to have removed from Google. I got a snippy
"That's google's issue, not mine!"

I don't think they realize that their customer experience is in MY
HANDS. Oh, the possibilities!

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