Old New Stock #8: Impact BBS Promo #3

Welcome to Old New Stock #8. This time we take you back to the year 1995. The 90s MSX scene was still in its peak years and BBSes were scattered all over the Netherlands. Some of them were online at night, some only during the weekends and some 24/7. Some of them even had echo mail, a system that sent messages to all attached BBSes every night so a BBS user from the north didn't have to login to BBSes outside his region to reach the south.

Some of the BBSes were affiliated with clubs, others were stand alone and then there was Impact BBS. A BBS representing a club that no longer was around. Omega, who was an Impact member during The Ant Demo, went on with his Techno Crew friends and kept Impact BBS going. This gang was responsible for quite some small demos showing off their skills. Impact BBS promo #3 was the biggest demo they ever did.

This demo brings back a lot of memories. Memories of still living with your parents, hijacking their telephone line by rolling out a long cable from the living room to the (was it?) man cave to download some files at 1200 baud, chatting with the sysop, reading the messages and shouting "ALMOST!" down the stairs when your mom yelled if you were done yet... We're talking keeping the phone line busy here ro... ;)

For those who never watched this demo, please do so. For those who did, please watch it again. But for all of you goes: better not call the mentioned phone number because the BBS is no longer hosted.

Relevant link: Impact BBS promo #3