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Welcome to our DDial and STS Guestbook. If you are ex DDial or STS post a message below and let the community know you are still around. Feel free to make any comments, where you're from and what you've been doing over the years, or simply a "Hey all, im still alive and kicking!" =)

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Sep 19, 2023

Midnight Killer

All three Boston ddials

Hi Shawn,

I think I wrote D-Dial around 1980, so I would have been 30 then. I had a
friend at the time who was divorcing and was looking to meet new people.
They had a few articles on people who met in Compuserve chat rooms (before
AOL), but the per minute charges really added up that way. My friend
couldn't afford that.

So I figured I could write a chat system that ran on the Apple, and had the
idea to charge a flat monthly rate for access. I guess that idea caught on!

I kept working on D-Dial sporadically until about 1983. A big innovation was
the connecting of multiple systems. That was an interesting system because
everyone's "address" was just the path back to them, so it was different for
everyone on the network. That was an interesting idea that I've never seen
before or since.

Lately, I've been working on Diversi-Tune, which I initially wrote for the
2gs, but rewrote as a Java applet. Lately I've been switching to C#, and
doing some DVD creation stuff

How've you been?

Bill

Sep 8, 2023

lamune #732

Beyond Reality ddial #3 and Shore Thing STS-10

Was usually using a handle with some variant of "CoCo" in it back then. I'm out in the great Northwest now but always glad to chat with some fellow old-timers!

Aug 15, 2023

Phun Phreak

First amendment & whitehouse

I am andy owned in NJ first amendment and whitehouse..met many from Rockford IL in my day..nj brooklyn

Jul 22, 2023

Sci-Fi Guy #868

Central Control

Deeply Shrouded ran a great system! Bring it back, George!

May 26, 2023

Font

Ascii Connection, Point Zer0, Paradise, Jokertown, etc

AKA Chief Surgeon, p@, phonetic_plasma, and so on. Still alive in suburban Chicagoland. I don't do social media but can be reached as font008 at slipperyturd d0t com. Vr00p!

Mar 26, 2023

Admiral Kirk #170

EnChat, The Great Beyond, Out of The Blue, LI Chat

ATDT17183395053 (You know who you are)....so forth and so on....Can't believe I found this. Hi everyone! Tons of memories from those days. WE INVENTED THE EMOJI lol. Oh and that too. I think I was one of the last on LI Chat when it closed...long ago on a pc far far away....Wishing everyone the best. Kirkster.

Feb 26, 2023

Kaiser #1045

Point Zero, God's Country, Renegade Rendezvous, Vampire's Lair

I went by Knight's Cross on all of them. Those were the good old days. The door games, the chat, the gatherings. Oh I miss the 90's before the net.

Jan 18, 2023

Micro King #953

Conversi-Dial #53, Attic Static #41

I started out on Attic Static and then ran Conversi-Dial for several years. I frequented and used to link with several other dials. Glad to see this site is functioning again and got a makeover!

Dec 20, 2022

Schtroumpf #025

Illusive Deceptions

DDial is back! Spent lots of my formative years calling Illusive Deceptions, and now I can recreate the experience.

Dec 1, 2022

doffo #898

RMAC

Yooo! Nice site since the last time I remembered it.

Nov 11, 2022

-=>In@uBuS<=-(* #092

OOTB, Islchat, TGB, Falkenz, jeez, many

what’s up folks?

Nov 8, 2022

Merischino

FlashTalk among others

Hi I’m alive and kicking and still using technology in ways it wasn’t meant for and breaking and fixing crap myself, not as a profession. Always looking for ways to recruit people not pursuing this behavior to start doing it.

I always just, in my own mind, was just coming along for the ride with all the greats. I realize I also have skills and use them everyday but seemingly everyone I knew then, if they’re still around, are proving me right. They are indeed the greats.

Nov 6, 2022

SirParadox #079

NNJ

What a blast from the past! Really cool guys!

Nov 4, 2022

Charon #254

Point Zero, Kink Heaven

PZ and KH were both local to me, so easy to just dial up and stay on all day.

I was also the SysOp of the The River Styx II BBS.

Nov 4, 2022

☣XxSwitchBladexX☣™️ #251

PC-Connection#71, InterCHAT#17, Central Control#49, and The Jungle#62

Been DDialin since 1987 at age 16 and was introduced by someone i got to meet in the same neighborhood i lived in from West New York, NJ.

Met alot of great people along the way, and partied like it was 1999.

Nov 4, 2022

Joe Boo #232

Sysop SynerChat STS-14 / Gtalk-5 / bbs.chat.net

Cool to see dialchat lives on ! I’m still in NorCal, still doing tech stuff. Great to see a few familiar handles from 30 years ago! I’ll try to pop in on the next virtual meet up to say hi to more

Nov 4, 2022

https://www.aboutfaceradio.org/ #100

STS-01, NOTA (STS-??)

Yep! it's me, the same lovable asshole you knew and loved/hated.

Nov 4, 2022

Tybalt #267

2112, 5150

Sysop on 2112. IRL name is Jeff Keegan. 2112 and 5150 were both in MA.

Nov 3, 2022

Hc. #446

STS-13

°☆.。.:*・

Nov 3, 2022

Liquid Crystal #034

Magnetic Visions, Virtual Reality, Illusive Deceptions and probably others that I forgot

Hey hey, just checking to see if this microphone still works!! >>tap, tap<<

Nov 3, 2022

Three-Ring Circuit #9

I swear that there are still people in chat rooms today that can only be explained by blaming line noise.

Nov 3, 2022

GreatScott! #121

Bunker, Kaleidoscope, General Modem, Point Zero

always love a good upgrade - way to go and keep it all alive!

Nov 3, 2022

seth #133

The Jungle

133]seTh: I feel silly using a capital "T' as an adult, but that was my handle on The Jungle!

I laugh when people say nostalgic things about AIM, because back in my day...

But anyway, I'm really glad this site's had a refresh and that history is not only being preserved but is still alive. (It just feels wrong on a smartphone!)

Nov 3, 2022

ndf #075

Savage Frontier, Active Imagination, Gak, ENTChat

This looks great! Glad to see this being updated! Thank you!

Nov 1, 2022

duckie #003

Mere Illusion

It has been three decades since I first used ddial and with this resurgence, the nostalgia is overwhelming. Great job to all who made it possible.

Oct 27, 2022

Lord Kaotic #031

Magnetic Visions, Crystal Mountain, Virtual Reality, Illusive Deceptions, Sam OBEN STS, tht one in Victoria BC...

Good times back in the day. Great to see this rendition up and running.

Oct 27, 2022

] Den [ #111

Flash-Talk #35, The Jungle (D-Dial #62, STS #12)

Web site looks great! Awesome job!

Oct 26, 2022

Marc #962

Sysop - Jungle DDial 62 and STS-12

Ddial and STS were a huge part of my success in life. I owe a tremendous amount to the community and generations of members on my systems. Its great to see and hear from ex dialers and see their kids and even relationships that began on the Jungle. I look forward to chatting with you again!

Oct 26, 2022

Deeply Shrouded #249

Central Control D-Dial #49

We are the Borg. Resistance Is Futile.
I miss my #001.

Oct 26, 2022

Winter #001

Magnetic VIsions, Illusive Deceptions, Crystal isle, Sam Oben

I was ddialing from around 1987 to 1994 in Vancouver and Victoria BC. Last place was Illusive Deceptions which was actually a GTalk system. There i built a /p BlackJack game in Pascal which earned me a Free user# as long as i was on enough for users to play it :)

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