19 Jul
2004
19 Jul
'04
7:15 p.m.
Ward Christianson and Randy Suess rolled out CBBS (Chicago BBS) in 1978
on CP/M boxes - details at
http://www.portcommodore.com/commodore/bbs/cbbs.html. Not long after
that a number of RCP/M systems arose... I started my first BBS on Apple
][ in 1984 on a 300 bps Hayes Micromodem :)
"Hey, who needs more than 300 baud, it's not like you can read any faster!"
Regards,
Gord
Richard A. Cini wrote:
Anyway, this demo brings-up an interesting question.
What kind of dial-up
systems existed in the 70's before consumer-oriented services like
CompuServe? I remember the DowJones and CompuServe sign-up packs at
RadioShack in maybe 1979 (I joined CIS in 1988. I even remember my ID:
70153,3367). I also remember in high school (around 1983) using a DECwriter
to dial into the timesharing computer (at 300 baud; I don't know the host
system) at one of the local universities.