12 Mar
2023
12 Mar
'23
3:59 a.m.
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hey all, was Delphi accessible as a bulletin board
before 1990?
Yes. Wikipedia says it was launched in 1981. I know I accessed it in
the mid '80s.
But for early 1980s, what as Delphi? Was it a
telnet-sort-of-thing only
accessed only from universities?
It was a public online service like Compuserve, The Source, GEnie,
Bix, etc.. It ran on VAX/VMS. Text only. They had direct dial-ups and
access via Tymnet and Telenet.
I've searched through early BYTE and PC Mag and
just not finding any
advertisements about it.
Check Rainbow magazine for the Color Computer. You'll find ads for it there.
Jim