Josh Renaud<p>For St. Louisans, March 14 is <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/314Day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>314Day</span></a>! ⚜️ ☎️ 🎉</p><p>In celebration, I'm sharing a tiny tech time capsule — a collection of textfiles related to St. Louis-area <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> networks! </p><p><a href="https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/03/13/a-time-capsule-for-314-day-st-louis-area-bbs-message-networks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">breakintochat.com/blog/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/13/a-time-capsule-for-314-day-st-louis-area-bbs-message-networks/</span></a></p><p>I gathered these 30 years ago when I was cosysop of "Something in the Attic BBS" and seeking to attract more users.</p><p>Brace yourself for all manner of capitalization! (PIllowNet, SPORKnet, StupidNET)</p><p>Ending "z"s! </p><p>And lots of exclamation marks!</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textfiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textfiles</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/bbsing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbsing</span></a> #314 <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/stl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stl</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/stlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stlouis</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>