Forgot one blip on the timeline, Tim.
Somewhere along the line in '97?, (while the AOL chats were in full bloom, and before John's creation of the Forums) Nico Derks had a forum set up for "lighthouse" discussions on the WWW. Soon the HL "Nuts" (precursor to Wackodom) kind of took over the forums with questions & comments concerning Harbour Lights, as well as many pieces being offered for sale. The AOLer's started meeting the WWWer's...and it was good.
As time rolled on, John requested for Nico to break the forums up into 2 sections; one for "real" lighthouses, and one for Harbour Lights. Soon the whole concept for a sucessful HL specific forum site was really working well. There was at least 1-5 posts per day at it's prime (if memory serves me right). It was around that time that John came up with the splendid idea of a totally HL Forum site, with all the various sub-sections, etc. Nico's forums' at the time were quite antiquated compared to the Ultimate Bulletin Board system used here, and occasionally had it's glitches.
Of course, the new Forums were an immediate success, 90% of the HL Nuts bolted, and Nico's board greatly slowed down to a crawl afterwards.
-another submission from the memory department of the HLmmmGOOD.
Rod Watson
[This message has been edited by Rod Watson (edited 09-21-99).]
