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IT’S BAUD DAY 3/12/24

From the linked site:

Something that SysOps did when they advertised their BBS. Rather than write a BBS’ supported baud rates as “300/1200/2400”, they would write “3/12/24”. The reason for this abbreviation is probably due to how BBSs were advertised back in the day. Most BBSs were advertised in text files. Depending on the host computer, a text file may have 40 or 80 characters per line. So, space was a premium and dropping 6 characters from “300/1200/2400” made a big difference.

    • akacastor@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      4 months ago

      I haven’t played Exitilus, searching just now I see The Realm of Serion BBS has it, sounds like fun! Right now I am just a few days into my first game of LORD, after saying “maybe I’ll play a game of that someday” since the 1990s. :)

      • MelodiousFunk
        3·
        4 months ago

        LORD never grabbed me, but holy crap Exitilus was an obsession for awhile. A buddy and I even wrote a tongue in cheek campaign back in the day, though only the narrative outline. Probably my favorite aspect was that after awhile, everyone got to know each other and just gifted back funds/loot after a PK - they gave so much experience that it’s foolish to not try to off someone else, but losing all your stuff SUCKED so we found a happy medium.

        Good times.

        • akacastor@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          4 months ago

          Sounds like a great time, awesome to play a game to maximize the fun! Gonna have to keep an eye out for an active Exitilus game!