REWIND: Bulletin Board Systems

There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote servers. That was the wonderful, frustrating, and amazing world of BBSes. In this episode, we talk about our first time using computers to access a larger world!
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Show Notes

A History of BBS » bit.ly/2ESsVTH

History of Early Modems » bit.ly/2Q1zwfv

The Sounds of Different Modems » youtu.be/ckc6XSSh52w

The Lost Civilization of Dial Up Bulletin Boards » bit.ly/2fsiTJE

Forgotten World of BBS Door Games » bit.ly/2EKviHj

History of Online Forums » bit.ly/2FFVynV

RIP CompuServe » bit.ly/2hrWHAH

Wikipedia on GEnie » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEnie

AOL at 30 » time.com/3857628/aol-1985-history/

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