Gerrit's Black Dimension BBS
The BBS is no longer up. The Black Dimension was up in
Southern California (Fullerton) from 1991 until July of
1993 when I left to college. The Black Dimension then
re-emerged in December of 1994 in the California Bay Area
(Mountain View) until the end of May of 1995 when I moved
to Sunnyvale, and then back to New York (Rochester) in
August of 1995.
The Black Dimension of '91-'93
Features Included:
One Dial-up line, 2400 ('91) - 14.4k ('93)
10 Megs ('91) to 210 Megs ('93) Dedicated to Online Files
100-250 Users participating in over 40 local active message bases
Member of one ('91) to eight ('93) local and nationwide networks
WHQ and Beta Test Site for a new software Hysteria
Lots (1-50) of online games including Trade Wars 2002
The only node was first run on a IBM PS/2 8086 computer with WWiV v4.20
software being modified (registered) by me with a 2400 modem. I
upgraded my modem to a 9600 baud when 14.4k's came out. I then
upgraded to WWiV v4.21 and started hacking away at it, more than
tripling the size of the source code and expanding the features exponentialy.
Later, I upgraded my modem further to a Supra Internal 14.4k modem.
The Black Dimension of '94-'95
Features Included:
3 High Speed Dial-Up Lines
1.2 Gigs Dedicated to Online Files
WHQ and Beta Test Site for a new software Hysteria
NPC DiSTRO Site for privileged users
Trade Wars 2002 Beta5
The dedicated node was run on a 486dx2/66 server with an external
28.8k Practical Peripherals modem. The second node was run on a
386dx/40 server with an internal 14.4k Packard Bell modem.
The third node was run on a 286 client with an external 14.4k
Practical Peripherals modem.
Future Plans
I currently have acquired Borland C++ v2.0 for OS/2 and OS/2 Warp. I have
always loved OS/2 for it's functionality although you must be quite
knowledgable about the computer and system to utilize it effectively.
I will be completely rewriting Hysteria for OS/2. It will be completely
configurable with multiple default configurations for easy installation.
I am definitely going to make a multi-node version for OS/2 and will
probably make a one-node version for DOS that will be able to communicate
with the OS/2 machines if they are networked together.
To find out more about Hysteria, e-mail me.
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amethyst@endor.org - 1995