History of DBSTalk.......

Athlon646464 · Jul 31, 2008

With the launch of D11 and all of the new technology like MPEG4, I thought it would be cool to look back just a few short years to see how far we have all come.......:eek2:

Here is a link to what the forums looked like on May 20, 2002:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020604052917/dbstalk.com/index.php

Here is the 'Home Page' as it appeared on January 7, 2002:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020108160745/home.satx.rr.com/cblount/dbstalk/

Stuart Sweet · Jul 31, 2008

We sure have come a long way, haven't we? Chris Blount, my boss and friend, deserves a lot of credit for that. This has got to be one of the larger vBulletin sites out there.

PoitNarf · Jul 31, 2008

Hah wow. This site certainly has come a long way.

Athlon646464 · Jul 31, 2008

Stuart Sweet said:
We sure have come a long way, haven't we? Chris Blount, my boss and friend, deserves a lot of credit for that. This has got to be one of the larger vBulletin sites out there.

........ and we all thank you guys for that! It's size is testament to it's need and value to the community it serves.............

:goodjob:

Steve Robertson · Jul 31, 2008

Wow talk about looking outdated. Congrats to everyone who has worked to make this such a great place to hang out

smiddy · Jul 31, 2008

Interesting, thanks for posting this, I would have never known.

Athlon646464 · Jul 31, 2008

June 2004 - D* dumps Tivo stock, as shown on the 'new look' 'Home Page':

http://web.archive.org/web/20040610094646/http://www.dbstalk.com/

Also on that page was some very optimistic news about Voom!

:lol:

byron · Jul 31, 2008

lowest User# that posts in this thread should get an award.... i'm on old schooler. joined back in 2004.

kfcrosby · Jul 31, 2008

Makes me want to break out the old Mosaic browser

wilbur_the_goose · Jul 31, 2008

I miss Dan Collins from dbsforums.com...

Great guy with a lot of info.

Doug Brott · Jul 31, 2008

Well, I must admit, I visited the site infrequently before late 2006, but lately .. Well, let's just say I've been more active

Steve Mehs · Jul 31, 2008

byron said:
lowest User# that posts in this thread should get an award.... i'm on old schooler. joined back in 2004.

What do I get?

Chris is #1, #s 2 and 3 were test accounts that were deleted, Scott was #4 and I'm #5. I discovered Everything DBS in early-mid July of 2001 a few days after it was created and signed up with an EZB account on 8/12/01.

ADent · Jul 31, 2008

wilbur_the_goose said:
I miss Dan Collins from dbsforums.com...

Great guy with a lot of info.

Any info on Dan and what happened to dbsforums?

Steve Robertson · Jul 31, 2008

ADent said:
Any info on Dan and what happened to dbsforums?

I have wondered the same thing I enjoyed the information I use to get from him.

kw2957 · Jul 31, 2008

Haha wow! One of the last entries is the name conversion of FOX Family to ABC Family. That seems ages ago...

Seaking · Jul 31, 2008

byron said:
lowest User# that posts in this thread should get an award.... i'm on old schooler. joined back in 2004.

OK I am posting as the lowest post count member on this thread.

Justin23 · Jul 31, 2008

I want that DBSTalk.com email addy!

J

Doug Brott · Jul 31, 2008

Seaking said:
OK I am posting as the lowest post count member on this thread.

Keep it up and that won't be true

Stuart Sweet · Jul 31, 2008

Justin23 said:
I want that DBSTalk.com email addy!

J

Yeah, we did away with that a while back.

Chris Blount · Jul 31, 2008

Oh gosh! What a kick.

Members: 522, Threads: 4,174, Posts: 26,014

The good old days.

It's really quite amazing what we have accomplished and it's not really any one person. It's been a team effort throughout the years. Lots of good people to keep things going strong.

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