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[ShrekDawg]

They were not so much forums, more like the name implied Bulletin Board Systems, you just left messages in a very crude forum.. Topic varied by the BBS you dialed into, and if you were lucky the SYSOP (system operator) was at the keyboard and you could live chat...

This is an example of a pretty elaborate one, most BBS in the day were even more basic... Pay attention to the speed the text flows and realize this guy is using a 2400 baud modem, my first modem was 300 baud or 1/8 the speed depicted in the video and I was excited to have that speed because 150 baud was still the standard at the time....

Wow! That's pretty neat!

LOL, computers back then didn't even play videos or display pictures by any practical means, you only had green, amber or white depending on your monitor Then everyone got excited when PCs like the Apple // and Commodore rolled out with a whopping 16 colors!!!

 

[Latestarter]

I remember Zork as one of my favorite commodore games... They even mentioned it on Big Bang Theory

My first BBS modem was I believe a 600 baud... thought it was great when I moved up to 1200 then 2400. Had to wait quite a while for the 9600 as price was too high. Even after speeds got much higher, 9600 was "fax" speed for many years after.

 

[laa56277]

Finally got my coop

 

[Chikn-Chik]

Here is my newest!! Ok so I have lots a coops but most are chain link dog pens and water tank frames as well as an old truck bed. I've recently went out of the LF business (except for a few laying hens) and into the bantam business (just for the fourth time lol) and wanted something closer to the house that I could move around. This one came from the local Mennonite community and we did a few modifications to it, such as making the door bigger, adding bracing, wheels and a few extra screws. As well as roosting poles and a ramp. I've already added a couple of my big girls to break it in until my chicks are ready to be moved.

 

[Sylvester017]

That's a great assortment of things for those beautiful Silkies. We aren't in a good position to free-range but we do plan on adding a good amount of run for them in the next couple of weeks.

They will LUV the added space. Chickens love to scratch, and flap, and forage, and dig dust-bath holes to China! Chairs, tree stumps, a dog house or couple chairs, treat balls (one owner made a treat bottle out of a small soda bottle), another owner used a child's plastic table, etc, to keep them busy or gives them places to have mid-day snoozes. Noon seems to be the time my girls take their siestas. As for water bowls or plastic mason jar waterers, we discontinued open water dishes because the wild birds(& chickens) would poop or throw debris into the open water so we switched to nipple valve waterers - I'm using the Brite Tap nipple valves with Rubbermaid jugs and the water stays cool and clean for days and days and the mooching wild birds can't get to it!

 

[ac3070]

Here is our almost-finished first coop for our four chicks (about 3 weeks old) to move into in a few weeks! Very basic a-frame design and hubby will be building an additional run attachment soon.

The top panels will open from one side and the bottom panels from the other side, and we will be building a little step for our kids to stand on and look in.

 

[Janet Lynn]

I finally finished my Coop

 

[tcottier]

Here is my little coop and shed that holds all their goodies. Hubby did a great job.

 

[FarmerPhronc]

we switched to nipple valve waterers - I'm using the Brite Tap nipple valves with Rubbermaid jugs and the water stays cool and clean for days and days and the mooching wild birds can't get to it!

I have a nipple waterer as well and no problem with the mooching wild birds, the feeder made from pvc pipe they still manage to mooch from. I use dog kennel panels for my run. Although I have the lower 2 ft covered with 1/2 inch hardware cloth for predator protection, I sure can't afford to cover the whole thing in that to keep the birds out. Personally I'd rather give up the water, lot cheaper then the $25+ I'm paying for a 35 - 40 lb bag of organic layer.

 

[Sylvester017]

I finally finished my Coop

That is so cute! But never say "finally finished" -- we've been modifying and changing and adding for 5 years now