What a great write up of someone that was very influential in the BBS world for pretty much all users.  My ZModem memory is downloading the 5 zip files for Duke Nukem 3D.<p>We had three BBSes (Tat&#x27;s Box, Blind Man&#x27;s Bluff, Microcosm) in the mid 1990s where I lived in East Texas and would have regularly monthly meetings at a local pizza place.  It was a special time that I wish more people could have experienced.<p>The conversations about politics, religion, and computing in general are similar to what I see on the web today, but back then it felt like everyone was more aware of the fact that there was another person on the other side.