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  • CBBS officially went online 16 February 1978

    From bcw142@21:1/145 to All on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 08:06:26
    This is the anniversary of the very first BBS system, CBBS officially went online today in 1978. It was the first public dial-up BBS developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. It started as something to do during the blizzrd of 1978 when Christensen had a spare S100 bus computer and early Hayes modem. It was designed to work like a cork board at a local computer club and kept
    a count of callers. It connected 253,301 calls before it was retired.

    Your reading this on the modern version of that same system with a lot more bells and whistles and Internet connection now, but still a BBS.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to bcw142 on Thursday, February 17, 2022 16:35:41
    bcw142 wrote to All <=-

    This is the anniversary of the very first BBS system, CBBS
    officially went online today in 1978. It was the first public dial-up
    BBS developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. It started as
    something to do during the blizzrd of 1978 when Christensen had a spare S100 bus computer and early Hayes modem. It was designed to work like a cork board at a local computer club and kept a count of callers. It connected 253,301 calls before it was retired.

    Your reading this on the modern version of that same system with a lot more bells and whistles and Internet connection now, but still a BBS.

    It would be neat to dial-up back into the past and see what CBBS actually looked like vs. what BBSes look like today (or even vs. what they looked
    like c1990).



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Blue White on Thursday, February 17, 2022 20:37:53
    It would be neat to dial-up back into the past and see what CBBS actually looked like vs. what BBSes look like today (or even vs. what they looked like c1990).

    So I think a user posted on this thread about it, but I think you CAN. I remember logging in within a year or so ago, and seeing exactly how the original CBBS looked - and could even enter a message on it.

    Can the other poster respond if they know the address? Or anyone else - I'm pretty positive this is a thing.



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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to Blue White on Friday, February 18, 2022 17:36:50
    On 17 Feb 2022, Blue White said the following...


    It would be neat to dial-up back into the past and see what CBBS actually looked like vs. what BBSes look like today (or even vs. what they looked like c1990).


    I will be doing just that this weekend!! I am re-opening my original Commodore 64 BBS running CNet 10.0 from 1986 complete with original message base from that time.. I will post in the BBS ads echo when it is online.. :)

    Should happen tomorrow Saturday night around 6 or 7pm EST!!

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to paulie420 on Friday, February 18, 2022 15:26:24
    paulie420 wrote to Blue White <=-

    It would be neat to dial-up back into the past and see what CBBS actually looked like vs. what BBSes look like today (or even vs. what they looked like c1990).

    So I think a user posted on this thread about it, but I think you CAN.
    I remember logging in within a year or so ago, and seeing exactly how
    the original CBBS looked - and could even enter a message on it.

    Can the other poster respond if they know the address? Or anyone else - I'm pretty positive this is a thing.

    I could probably google it if no one posts about it. Thanks!



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  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to paulie420 on Friday, February 18, 2022 18:22:00
    Am 17.02.22 schrieb paulie420@21:2/150 in FSX_BBS:

    Hallo paulie420,

    It would be neat to dial-up back into the past and see what CBBS actually BW>> looked like vs. what BBSes look like today (or even vs. what they looked BW>> like c1990).

    So I think a user posted on this thread about it, but I think you CAN. I remember logging in within a year or so ago, and seeing exactly how the original CBBS looked - and could even enter a message on it.

    Can the other poster respond if they know the address? Or anyone else - I'm pretty positive this is a thing.

    There is the BBS "CBBS/NV" that uses a version of CBBS made in 1983.
    See: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/cbbs-nv/

    Regards,
    Anna

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