Demon Roach Underground (DRU) was a Lubbock, Texas based BBS that was popular in the "hacker" scene. Flag of Lubbock Lubbock is the ninth-largest city in the state of Texas, located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado. ... A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, playing games, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. ... Hacker is a term used to describe people who create and modify computer software and computer hardware. ...

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It ran from 1984 to 1999, though the name changed twice in its early existence. The original name of the BBS was "The Amazing Captain Neato (TACN) BBS." The name was then changed to "The Marauding C*A*M*E*L," before Ratte' changed the name for the final time to DRU. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The BBS ran GBBS software and was hosted on an Apple II for its entire original lifetime. The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...

Login

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After connecting, the user was required to enter a certain word to be able to login to the BBS. Entries that would allow the user to enter the main DRU system included "THRASH," "GRUNGE," "CARCINOGEN," and "PIGFUCK." There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Speed metal. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer. ... This topic contains controversial issues which have been discussed and a consensus reached for approach and neutrality. ...

The BBS required a new user password in order to gain access. The password was "VOID." Look up Void in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Void can refer to: Aether as the source of all elements, the quintessence. ...

The DRU login screen displayed the following warning:

"Warning: This BBS may contain explicit descriptions of, or advocate one or more of the following: adultery, murder, morbid violence, bad grammar, deviant sexual conduct in violent contexts, or the consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs. But then again, it may not. Who knows?" This warning is now displayed on the cDc web site. Look up warning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Man and woman undergoing public exposure for adultery in Japan, around 1860 Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ... Violence refers to acts —typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behaviour —which intend to cause or is causing of injury to persons, animals, or (in limited cases) property. ... Grammar is the discovery, enunciation, and study of rules governing the use of language. ... Deviant behavior is behavior that is a recognized violation of cultural norms. ... Consumption is the using up of a resource. ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-kukhul الكحول, al meaning the and kukhul meaning spirit, the chemical) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...

History

• 1984 - DRU goes online
• 1986 - An AE was added to the BBS. It was called "The Polka AE." This name is a parody of the "Metal AE," which was a popular AE at the time. Entering the word "KILL" at the GBBS entry prompt launched "The Polka AE" (rather than DRU); "KILL" was also the entry for "the Metal AE."
• 1993 - A fake-version of the BBS was added. It was called "Demon Roach Underground Elite." At the main BBS entry prompt, one entered "SMASH." This version of the BBS did not require a new user password. An interesting feature was that the user list showed the passwords for all users, including the sysop. Thus, any user could log in as any other user. Messages were often posted and e-mails were often sent under other users' names.
• 1999 - DRU ends its run as a public BBS
• 2002 - DRU is reborn as an exclusive, invitation-only system

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External links

• Simulation of DRU login screen
• CULT OF THE DEAD COW homepage
• 806 BBS List