90s UK BBS Scene and alt.ph.uk

[Glenn Pegden 25]

So, any other veterans of either the 90s UK BBS Scene and/or the alt.ph.uk or uk.telecom usenet groups? 

[james mckinlay 116]

alt.ph.uk Leeds meetup that started at the Station and moved to the canal barge that pokes out of a hill

Zappo, Chimera and Dr.K

 

Edited August 8, 2019 by james mckinlay

[Glenn Pegden 25]

1 minute ago, james mckinlay said:

alt.ph.uk Leeds meetup that started at the Station and moved to the canal barge that pokes out of a hill

Zappo, Chimera and Dr.K

 

alt.ph.uk had meetups? I never knew that! I know there were a few 2600 ones (I help start the Manchester one) but never alt.ph.uk, that's cool!

the canal barge that pokes out of a hill

... wait, what now! Do you mean Drydock, or is this an awesome bit of Leeds I never knew existed?

[james mckinlay 116]

1 minute ago, Glenn Pegden said:

alt.ph.uk had meetups? I never knew that! I know there were a few 2600 ones (I help start the Manchester one) but never alt.ph.uk, that's cool!
 

 

 

... wait, what now! Do you mean Drydock, or is this an awesome bit of Leeds I never knew existed?

 

drydock

[Glenn Pegden 25]

Just now, james mckinlay said:

drydock

Damn! In my mind I had something altogether more comical for a moment there! 

[james mckinlay 116]

no mention of meetups in the FAQ - but there were meetups in 1996 

http://www.hackhull.com/phuk/faq.html#section1

 

 

[Glenn Pegden 25]

I know they weren't mentioned in most of the early versions of that FAQ .... as I wrote it 😄 

Actually, we may have had it, but mislabeled it as a 2600 meet, check out this version, section 4.4

http://www.siliconbunny.com/darkfall_mirror/fallen/phreak/!phukfaq.htm

BTW I love going back and reading the FAQ. I was so young and nieve, thinking I was an authority on stuff I'd barely scratched the surface of.

But also, so see mention of things that just don't exist any more, phone cards, Novell, Janet etc

[james mckinlay 116]

Leeds       Meet on the second Friday of each month outside the payphones
	    on Leeds Train Station (next to John Menzies).

 

thats what I found , trawling the Internet through an AOL2.0 dialup on W95 on a Pentium 1, 586