Has anyone heard from Slinky (aka Steve Bennett) of Slinky's Place BBS / Game Portal lately?

I saw an upsetting message about him posted in the User Chat wall in Game Portal today, and, since I'm uncertain when it was posted, am hoping it's just a really bad April Fools joke.

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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: Codefenix to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 03:20 pm

Has anyone heard from Slinky (aka Steve Bennett) of Slinky's Place BBS / Game Portal lately?

I saw an upsetting message about him posted in the User Chat wall in Game Portal today, and, since I'm uncertain when it was posted, am hoping it's just a really bad April Fools joke.

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why would it be an april fool's joke? seems like it's legit.

"Slinky died yesterday. I (his wife) do not know anything about running
this. I don't know how to run maintenance or what to
to do if there is an error with anything. "

you really think someone would do a april fool's joke like that?
that's not even a joke.

I'm not sure where he's from but i've seen him around over the years. I contacted his wife.
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Has anyone heard from Slinky (aka Steve Bennett) of Slinky's Place BBS Game Portal lately?

"Slinky died yesterday. I (his wife) do not know anything about running this. I don't know how to run maintenance or what to
to do if there is an error with anything. "

I'm not sure where he's from but i've seen him around over the years. I contacted his wife.

I didn't know Slinky, but yea - it sounds like a real post from his wife. My partner knows how much I love BBSing, and about 2oFB - maybe she's interested in keeping it going, or passing it to some other sysop to keep it up.

Glad you reached out to her... let us know if you get any more details pls.



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Re: Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:05 pm

contacted his wife.

I didn't know Slinky, but yea - it sounds like a real post from his wife. My partner knows how much I love BBSing, and about 2oFB - maybe she's interested in keeping it going, or passing it to some other sysop to keep it up.

Glad you reached out to her... let us know if you get any more details pls.

i just remember slinky on efnet and on my irc network and the older bbsnet.
he didn't talk much.

i'm not going to take over his system. i did that with datastream and i've been doing that since like 2006. i told her i would help her.
i'm sure she's got bigger problems right now.

i'm not sure why his regular bbs is down but his game server is up and that's where she posted it.
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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: MRO to Codefenix on Sun Apr 13 2025 04:46 pm

why would it be an april fool's joke? seems like it's legit.

Because the news came as a shock to me, and I didn't want to believe it.

I'm not sure where he's from but i've seen him around over the years. I contacted his wife.

He most recently lived in Phenix City, AL. Thanks for reaching out.

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Re: Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: Jas Hud to paulie420 on Sun Apr 13 2025 08:05 pm

Re: Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:05 pm

contacted his wife.

i'm not going to take over his system. i did that with datastream and i've been doing that since like 2006. i told her i would help her.
that's where she posted it.
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Slinky had said he was getting less and less traffic to the BBS. He shut it down for a month, and removed all FTNs and then brought it back online. He may have shut it down. I received email from him in December.

I followed his posts on FB for Game Portal and chatted with him there on occasion.

He was one of the first sysops that I met when I started getting back into BBS last June. He introduced me and assisted in getting me setup with Game Portal.

So surprised to hear of his passing. My condlences to his family.
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i'm not going to take over his system. i did that with datastream and
i've been doing that since like 2006. i told her i would help her.
i'm sure she's got bigger problems right now.

i'm not sure why his regular bbs is down but his game server is up and that's where she posted it.

Ahhhh - he has a door game server, too. Hmmm - thats an even bigger deal. Agreed, I'm sure shes not too worried about the BBS stuffs, but I would help if she was trying to ask for it.

What is the door game server; if someone carries it lemme know yer BBS so I can come by and check it out...



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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: Codefenix to MRO on Mon Apr 14 2025 08:50 am

Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: MRO to Codefenix on Sun Apr 13 2025 04:46 pm

why would it be an april fool's joke? seems like it's legit.

Because the news came as a shock to me, and I didn't want to believe it.

get used to it. most of us are pushing 50 or older. heart disease is the #1 killer. look at how old and frail digital man is. he tries to cover it up with that cabbie hat but you know he wont be around much longer.

I'm not sure where he's from but i've seen him around over the years.
I contacted his wife.

He most recently lived in Phenix City, AL. Thanks for reaching out.

here's his obituary

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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: MRO to Codefenix on Mon Apr 14 2025 06:51 pm

here's his obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/steven-bennett-obituary?id=5813189 0

Too young (60 years old).
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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Apr 14 2025 05:41 pm

Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: MRO to Codefenix on Mon Apr 14 2025 06:51 pm

here's his obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/steven-bennett-obituary?id=5813 189 0

Too young (60 years old).

yeah and apparently he passed away unexpectedly.
such a shame.
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Re: Slinky / Game Portal
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Apr 14 2025 17:41:52

here's his obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/steven-bennett-obituary?id=581318
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Too young (60 years old).

Yep, definatly too young..
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