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Re:A look at my BBS Software from '93 by tbyehl on Thursday April 20, 2017 @09:45AM (#14156532)
> sweet stack of USR Courier external modems blinking away (you never wasted time on cheap gear)

USR offered substantial discounts to BBS operators to keep us from buying cheap gear. I pre-ordered some pre-v.34 (upgradeable) Courier V.Everything for my board at BBSCon for $249/ea. I think that's about what a Sportster 14.4K was selling for at the time.

Re:A look at my BBS Software from '93 by nsxwolf on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:46PM (#14159010)
25-years-ago me is very angry that he never knew about these discounts!!