Oh, I don't know, the modem sounds were part of the experience; maybe we can get erik to simulate them when we log in here ;-)
BTW, there was a dial-up M100 BBS still in operation until just a couple of months ago.
Guess the internet has spoiled us; these days we could afford remote BBSs with cheap and flat rate LD rates...
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For those who don't know, I've brought a dial-up BBS back online. It's the only Commodore-run dial-up BBS left in existence anywhere in the world. If you'd like to give it a call and try it out, it's called Borderline BBS and the number is 951-242-3593. It runs on Color 64 software and supports 300/1200/2400 baud. It doesn't get much more "retro" than that!
I figured that there ought to be at least one dial-up BBS run on a Commodore computer... And then I figured, if no one else was going to do it, I would! So far, the response has been pretty good. I've had callers from as far away as Europe!
-Andrew