What is you message board history

[MF-DIF]

Where did it all start for your guys? How far back can you remember?

It all started for me back in high school in 95-96, bouncing around a couple boards about video games. It died off and I hadnt been on a board in years.

Then in 99 I started getting into cars and was on honda-acura.net which is now honda-tech.com i believe.

I got off that when its off-topic forum went solo and off-topic.net was born. I was on that for a couple years until it just got too cluttered with people who just wanted to start flames. Alot of the old members left and so did I.

I was again off message boards for a couple years and just in the last few months got on prime. The people here are top notch. Funny, insightful, and helpful. A rarity on the web.

 

[NsXMas]

I was researching cellphones, and I stumbled across www.sprintusers.com .

This was when I was new to cellphones and needed a lot of hand holding to figure out the features and plans. The people there basically knew all the behind-the-scense stuff (and still do), and some Sprint employees posted informative stuff there too.

So I learned a lot there and got a lot of help. Now I hardly go there because I'm pretty informed about my cellphone service, but it did get me started on web forums.

I like NSXPrime for the same reasons you do. A group of sophisticated and informed people who are passionate about many things, including the NSX.

 

[RP-Motorsports]

The computer hook was the Yahoo IM on the personals!!! (after my divorce)

Then superhonda.com, then an all integra one that I got banned from due to promoting my store then cartfanatics, scca world challenge, honda tech and then prime.

 

[W]

The other NSX board was my first encounter with message boards and Prime was the second. I lurked around for a few years, bought my NSX, lurked around some more for another year and a half, then finally joined the board so I could participate in the first NSXPrime Canyon Drive.

 

[Defiant1]

PC:
1985 old xerox machine.
Mamoth disks (if you can call them that), fit in the "pizza oven" of a drive.
Hangman, Mouse, Juggling.
Mainly DOS based text format.

BBS:
ICQ was the 1st (1995).
Prime is the 7th.

 

[PHOEN$X]

I guess you're all too young to remember Procomm Plus and ansi BBS's!

(Prime is my first "web" based message board. Before that, I dabbled in various Usenet newsgroups.

Btw, could someone translate what the above says? I found it in a web search.

 

[akira3d]

I guess you're all too young to remember Procomm Plus and ansi BBS's!

Oh I remember Procomm Plus...and I certainly called around to numerous BBSs back in the day (especially in the mid-to-late 1980's)

I can't recall posting anything on a Web based forum before NSX Prime. I lurked, but never posted on various tech support forums, game forums, technology forums, electronic music forums. I was afraid to post because I could see myself devoting a large portion of my time to these online discussions.

The floodgates opened with Prime. Now I'm dozens of forums semi-regularly...but no site do I frequent more than here.

 

[Jonathan]

Telnet terminal bulletin board style 'IRC' type programs were my first around 1992.

I used several 'chat' type telnet locations and newsgroups in 92-93, regular web forums were pretty rare for me, with Prime being the one I am most 'active' on, although as you can tell from my sign up date and number of post, the term 'active' is used loosely

 

[Mr.Wolf]

I 'erased' my history long ago.

 

[MF-DIF]

I 'erased' my history long ago.

 

[Autophile]

I never even knew about online forums until I came across Prime. I guess nothing else inspired my interest to find/participate in forums until I bought my NSX.

I 'erased' my history long ago.

It's good to see you back, Mr. Wolf.