The Underground World of BBSing in the 80's
#BBS #DialUp #CBBS #FidoNet #EchoMail #ANSIArt #ACiD #iCE #RetroComputing #EFF #PTT
https://theoasisbbs.com/the-underground-world-of-bbsing-in-the-80s/?fsp_sid=1187

Happy BBSday !!

On this day today in 1978, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess took the world's first bulletin board system (the "CBBS") officially online.

#BBSDay
#CBBS
#WardChristensen
#RandySuess
#BulletinBoardSystem

R.I.P. Ward Christensen

Co-Creator of one of the earliest forms of Social Media — BBS

https://youtu.be/j2nkEuESNa4

#BBS #CBBS #retroComputing #socialMedia #vintageComputing #wardChristensen

Ward Christensen, Wisconsin native, last surviving co-inventor of the first computer bulletin board, and great-great grandfather of Mastodon, has died.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/technology/ward-christensen-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE4.gFfP.qLP6sQv3Uuen&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=bth

#mastodon #ibm #cbbs #computerhistory

Ward Christensen - 1945/10/23 - 2024/10/11 (78 years)

https://erb.pw/blogs/ward-christensen-rip/

#BBS #CBBS #BackToTheBBS #BBSDocumentary

RIP Ward Christensen, may your modulator/demodulator remain in ATH in peace and tranquility.

#BBS #CBBS #BackToTheBBS #BBSDocumentary

Randy Suess & Ward Christensen
#BBS #CBBS

Today, 46 Years ago the first #bbs goes online.

On February 16th 1977 in Chicago (IL,USA) Ward
Christensen and Randy Suess are about to finishing the last steps before switching the #CBBS #online.

The CBBS was the first Computerized #bulletin #board #system and would not only mark the Milestone for the Onlineage. It also allowed to invent and grow subcultures like the #demoscene. If your computer had a modem attached to it you could explore the world though it, since you're no longer physical bound to a location to do so.

In the upcoming years of #bbsing the #ansi char set would spark a whole #ArtScene that is still
present and activ today. The #ANSIart Scene. Even the exchange of text messages and files would break out of the local BBS. Tom Jennings created the #fidonet which was no less than a network that spans the world and allows the communication beyond all borders.