Question ScubaBoard's first thread?

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I was exploring our updated search function and wondered what ScubaBoard's first thread was. The two oldest threads I could find were dated Jun 14, 2000:



I would have expected some kind of Welcome thread as the first post, and maybe it was. I suspect it is lost in digital history. The only name besides @The Chairman (NetDoc then) that I recognized while tromping through the old threads is our illustrious colleague, @herman.

I started looking for Pete's oldest post and it turned up on Mar 20, 2001:


Note the Reply from @Warhammer, I'm guessing of the famous Warhammer Maneuver fame.

So, the question is, what was the first thread and what was ScubaBoard like?
 
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Who actually started SB, the first one with the idea and made it happen? Was it NetDoc?
@Ted S is user #1 and his join date was 200/07/13. King_Neptune, the original owner, is user #5. I am user #879 and my join date was 2001/1/20.
The first 100 users were sock puppets and they carried on discussions just to make the Board look viable. We lost a lot of data in early 2002, due to a server not being paid, again in 2008 (7?) due to an attempted hijack. All of my early comments, before the one cited were "purged" during the attempted hijack and never recovered. One of my first comments was about the Warhammer Maneuver, named after Greg, aka Warhammer shortly after I joined. King_Neptune thought it was funny and promoted me to...
We also found out that numbers were unique. Once deleted, they were not able to be re-used.

What happens to use ID numbers when someone registers and never confirms or they are rejected (like spammers)? Are those numbers "burned" if they never post or get approved?
 
and then ported to Linux about a year after I took over.
Was that when the actual server boxes were in Orlando?
Dang, I've known you for a long time !!

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Was that when the actual server boxes were in Orlando?
Dang, I've known you for a long time !!

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More pictures please. I have learned more about ScubaBoard's history in this thread than my whole time on ScubaBoard.

This is the Diving History: Tales from the Abyss forum after all.
 
Was that when the actual server boxes were in Orlando?
We bought our first actual servers in 2004, and they were housed in Orlando. Shortly after, the attempted hijack took place. Servers were moved to Atlantic, and 3 more were purchased, then a sixth. Keeping the servers "up" became problematic when I moved to the Keys. I made that drive a number of times to replace a part, or reload a server and we moved from vBulletin to xenForo. 5, 6 or maybe 7 years ago we left Atlantic.net and moved ops to AWS. A month or two ago we moved off shore.
Dang, I've known you for a long time !!
I keep moving, but can't seem to shake you! :D :D :D
 
Was that Walter? I remember the Macaw. It was a Scarlet.
Walter dropped in a few days ago.

Walter was a key but controversial contributor for a long time. He and I locked horns on a number of issues, but in the long run he had an important effect. Some of his statements in the Instructor to Instructor forum made me think through some of my experiences and start experimenting with neutral buoyancy instructional techniques. I well remember his shock when I credited him with that inspiration.

I did not join until 2004, so I missed all of the fun in the early days.
 
Walter dropped in a few days ago.

Walter was a key but controversial contributor for a long time. He and I locked horns on a number of issues, but in the long run he had an important effect. Some of his statements in the Instructor to Instructor forum made me think through some of my experiences and start experimenting with neutral buoyancy instructional techniques. I well remember his shock when I credited him with that inspiration.

I did not join until 2004, so I missed all of the fun in the early days.

I was wrong. It was a Green Wing Macaw. Probably still around today.
 
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