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A time capsule for 314 Day: St. Louis-area BBS message networks
For many years, St. Louisans have been celebrating March 14 as “314 Day,” since our telephone area code was “314.” And that has even more resonance for old-school BBSers like me. When I began BBSing in the early to mid-1990s, I was part of a wave of teens who hit the 314 scene. The price…
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Hollie Satterfield, creator of “Space Dynasty”
What does it take to get published? How about a deranged TRS-80 Model I that has taken over a lunar colony? That did the trick for Hollie Satterfield in 1983, when 80 Micro magazine published his computer program “Attack of the TRS-80.” Afterward, he embarked on a career as a programmer analyst — and along…
